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       Information was also obtained from Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service via email
       dated 21 October 2015. Mr John McQueeney, Acting Ranger in Charge, advised the
       last wildfire in the Noosa National Park was in 2014. Fires in the park have also
       occurred in 1992, 1996 and 2008. Due to the vegetation type, fires in the area
       experience very high intensity. There are no approved planned burns scheduled for
       the section of Noosa National Park bordering the site.

       4.5       Vegetation

       The site is mapped as R.E. 12.2.5 (Corymbia intermedia +/- Lophostemon confertus
       +/- Banksia spp. +/- Callitris columellaris open forest on beach ridges usually on
       southern half of bioregion) within the northern section of the site. The balance of the
       site is mapped as Category X – vegetation not regulated under the VMA.

       Refer Regional Ecosystem Mapping in Appendix C for details.

       4.6       Fuel Load

       Fuel loads were estimated based on the vegetation communities mapped on the site.
       Vegetation hazard classes and associated potential fuel loads have been determined
       in accordance with Table 1 of the State Planning Policy – state interest technical
       manual, Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience, A “fit for purpose” approach in
       undertaking natural hazard studies and risk assessments.

                                         Table 4.1
              Extract from Table 1 – Vegetation Hazard Classes (VHC) and associated
                                       Potential Fuel Loads
                  VHC                VHC Description              Potential Fuel Load (t/ha)

                    2            Open forests/woodlands -                     30
                                         shrubby

                    6             Cypress and Casuarina                       20


       Also refer Section 5.2.1 for on-site assessment of fuel loads.

       4.7       Predicted Fire Attack Routes and Sources

       According to the Noosa Plan Bushfire Overlay, medium fire danger vegetation covers
       the site and surrounding allotments, however these areas are mapped as High
       potential hazard under the State Planning Policy.

       Fire attack from the conservation park to the east is possible. The woody vegetation
       on the ridge in this area is dominated by Lophostemon confertus and Callitris
       columellaris with occasional emergent Eucalypt spp. The ridge area is bounded by
       short heath/wetland vegetation to the east. Fire attack from the west is unlikely due to
       current development and the golf fairways. Precinct E2 separates the site from the
       national park to the south.




AC1345BFIRE                                 Rev. 1
August 2016
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