Once a fire has burned the excess fuel, the area is safe for at least a dozen years.
“Once a fire has burned the excess fuel, the area is safe for at least a dozen years.”
That’s not been my experience.
Go through the Colorado areas that were burned by fires and after about 3 years it is hard to tell there was ever a fire. Sparsely wooded areas show signs after 12 years, but the heavily wooded areas recover very quickly.