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Figure 5. Fuel Accumulation Assessment – Forest West
Fuel hazard estimate Assessment according to Hines et al 2010
Date: 23rd December 2020
Layer Rating Description / Comments Equivalent fuel
load
t/ha
Surface and near surface Very High Very High litter bed 40 mm, with Very high NS fuels, 15 - 17
mainly ferns and sedges, Gahnia sp, Lomandra sp.
Elevated High Canopy recruiters, Acacia spp high oil shrubs … brush 3-4
against vegetation most of the time … most fuel at the
top of the layer
Bark Very High Fibrous barks (E.tindaliae), papery barks 2-4
(M.quinquinervia, L.suavolens) and lower bark hazard
(C.intermedia).
Overall rating Very High 20 - 25t/ha
Table 1. Fuel Assessment Forest West.
The adjacent vegetation community is consistent with mapped as RE12.5.3, for which State Government
attributes a default total available fuel load of 24.2t/ha. A total available fuel value of 24.2t/ha (21t/ha of which
is surface and near surface fuel) is applied to site specific fire modelling in Section 6.
Report compiled by Bushfire Risk Reducers for Mr K. Courtney, January 2021 Page 10
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