Appendix A - Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v1                                          NCES REF: J000706
Lot 101 on SP168341 – 9a Jirrima Cres, Cooroibah



         supply to be left available for access by fire fighters:
            i. 10,000 litres for residential buildings.
            ii. for industrial, commercial and other buildings, a volume specified in AS 2304–2011
            Water storage tanks for fire protection. (SPP Bushfire 2019).

5.4 Fire Breaks and Lot 1 Access
The plan of development provides access to proposed Lot 1 via an access easement to the
east which dissects Lot 2. To ensure safe egress to Lot 1 it is required that the future access
driveway be located within a 20m wide easement and constructed to the specifications of a
fire trail, to comply with the SPP Assessment Benchmark 4 Table 4 – Fire trail and working




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area design parameters specifications (refer Plate 13). The total modified width must be 20m
width within the High Potential Bushfire Buffer area and the Potential Impact Buffer as depicted
in Local Hazard Map BF03.
The entirety of the access easement must therefore be maintained in low threat conditions by
the future Lot 1 property owner.




                      Plate 13 – Assessment Benchmark 4 fire break trail specification

5.5 Vehicular Access
Development in bushfire prone areas should be serviced by safe access/exit points for both
occupants and emergency services personnel. As stated in Section 5.4, access to Lot 1 must
be maintained in a 20m wide easement constructed to SPP fire trail and working area design
parameters. This easement will be in favour of Lot 1 and therefore the maintenance of low
threat conditions undertaken by the Lot 1 property owner.
To meet current day benchmark standards, it is recommended the Lot 1 driveway is designed
and installed in accordance with Vehicle Access Guidelines for residential, commercial and
industrial Lots, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, 2015, unless otherwise specified
by the relevant water entity. A 3.5m wide formed driveway that can support a 15 tonne fire
truck would therefore be necessary.

5.6 Landscaping and Regrowth
Existing and future landscaping within the site should avoid increasing the potential for
bushfire hazard. Assessment Benchmark 5 of the SPP Bushfire 2019 seeks that the site layout
places the landscape and open spaces within the site between premises and adjacent mapped
medium, high or very high potential bushfire intensity areas. This landscaping and open space
comprises protective landscape treatments that:



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