Appendix A - Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

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




7     CONCLUSIONS

This Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan has been prepared to assess and
manage the degree of potential bushfire risk acting on the proposed Reconfiguration of a Lot
development application for Lot 101 on SP168341, located at 9a Jirrima Cres, Cooroibah.
A Local Hazard Map has been prepared for the site consistent with the State Planning Policy
– Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience – Technical Manual – A ‘fit for purpose’ approach in
undertaking natural hazard studies and risk assessments. The Local Hazard Map has
identified that the proposed Lot 1 development footprint is located within a High Potential
Bushfire Intensity Area whilst the existing residence in Lot 2 is located within a Potential Impact




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Buffer Area. Post development the proposed Lot 1 development footprint will located within a
Potential Impact Buffer Area.
A bushfire risk assessment has been undertaken in general accordance with AS/NZS ISO
31000:2018 – Risk Management Methodology. The risk assessment identified that vegetation
to be retained 14m from the proposed Lot 1 BLE exposes the future building to a pre
development Likely - Intolerable risk of ember, radiant heat and direct flame impact in the
absence of additional mitigation measures being employed. The identified risk can be reduced
to at least a Likely – Tolerable to Acceptable level where all recommendations set herein are
adopted thereby satisfying the State Planning Policy – State interest guidance material –
Natural hazards, risk and resilience – Bushfire (December 2019).
Overall, the development proposed for the site, in combination with recommendations
referenced herein, is deemed to satisfy both the Noosa Plan Natural Hazards Overlay Code
and the State Planning Policy – State interest guidance material – Natural hazards, risk and
resilience – Bushfire (December 2019) development assessment benchmarks.
Bushfire is an extremely serious and often unpredictable phenomenon that requires serious
preparatory planning and decision making to avoid potential damage to infrastructure and or
loss of life. All recommendations made herein have been formulated based on site conditions
at the time of writing and therefore may not be appropriate in the event site conditions change
over time.
Implementation of the bushfire mitigation measures referenced herein is not implied nor
intended to advocate that residents remain on the site during a bushfire event nor that people
and property will be protected from bushfire impact. The measures are intended to reduce
the potential severity of bushfire impact to persons and property and not prevent actual
bushfire impact.
The landowners and site managers are to be responsible for ensuring the measures
prescribed herein are applied and stay up to date with site conditions and industry standards.
Landholders/managers should therefore liaise with Queensland Fire and Rescue Services at
regular intervals (e.g. recommended at least every 5 years).
The first call in the event of a bushfire emergency should always be ‘000’.
7.1       Certification Matters
The following bushfire mitigation measures are to be certified as satisfactorily completed by
the project Bushfire Consultant prior to commencement of the proposed/approved uses on the
site:
      •    All actionable recommendations set in Section 5 of this report have been implemented
           (i.e. establishment of APZs, fire break trails, landscaping etc.) where practical at the
           time of certification.




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