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Increasing the pace and scale of restoration on the landscape will require
using a variety of tools to accomplish restoration targets. The use of
prescribed fire and managed wildfires, where appropriate, can contribute to
the restoration need. This is particularly true where fires burn at low and
moderate severity, which we are referring to as “functional fire”. Functional
fire is when fire burns in an ecologically beneficial and socially acceptable
way, perpetuating landscape heterogeneity and rarely threatening human safety
or infrastructure.

The Functional Fire Element is described by six metrics in the RRK: mean
percent FRID since 1908, mean percent FRID since 1970, FRID condition class
since departure, time since last fire, current FRID since 1908, and current
FRID since 1970. The current condition of the Functional Fire Element is
represented by one metric: mean percent FRID since 1970. Condition scores
range from +1 to -1 representing more favorable to less favorable conditions,
respectively.

* Metric Name: Element Representation: Functional Fire  

* Unit Of Measure: Condition score, +1 to -1  

* Translation: Where is fire functioning as a constructive disturbance process?