Reference Document - Bushfire Management Plan - 132005.638.04

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                 Fire Management Infrastructure

                 Fire management infrastructure includes firebreaks and fire trails throughout the Landfill site.
                 The upgrading of fire trails and establishment of formal firebreaks within each fire management
                 unit is provided in Tables 3 – 8.

                 Table 10 below identifies the fire trail and firebreaks available within the Noosaville Landfill site.

                 Table 10 – Fire trails and Firebreaks

                 Infrastructure        Description                                           Status
                 FT1                   This fire trail is located around the current and      Currently in place
                                       future re-developed service and administrative         Needs to be widened
                                       area within the Doonan Waste Management                   around the current and
                                       Centre                                                    proposed re-developed
                                                                                                 service and
                                       The fire trail varies from 4 to 15 metres in width.
                                                                                                 administrative areas
                                       The fire trail needs to be widened to a minimum
                                                                                                 within FMU 1.
                                       width of 15 metres to ensure all new structures
                                       achieve a radiant heat flux of 29kW/m2 from all
                                       areas of hazardous vegetation i.e. FMU 2

                 FT2                   This fire trail was constructed as part of the           In operational condition,
                                       recommendations for the 2011 bushfire                    Regular maintenance
                                       management plan and it is being maintained to             undertaken
                                       date.

                                       The fire trail has an access point within FMU 1
                                       and from Hollett Road at its northern ingress
                                       point.
                 FT3                   This fire trail was constructed as part of the           In operational condition,
                                       recommendations for the 2011 bushfire                    Regular maintenance
                                       management plan and it is being maintained to             undertaken
                                       date.

                                       The fire trail has ingress point from Hollett Road.
                                       The egress point onto Walter hay Drive is
                                       constrained due to the traffic speed of 100km/h
                                       and as such should not be used unless the traffic
                                       speed is reduced with signage to 60 km/h.
                 FT4                   This fire trail is an old vehicle track and may not      Firebreak to be up-
                                       be suitable for bushfire management and wild              graded to permanent 6
                                       fire suppression operations.                              metre wide fire trail

                                       Access is from Tidswell Road at its two ingress
                                       and egress points

                 FT5                   This fire trail has been constructed and provides        Existing and Regular
                                       connection through the central area between               maintenance required
                                       Eumarella Road and Old Hollett Road and its has
                                       a linkage with FT3.
                           RFA24-059 – Noosa Land Fill and Waste Management Facility – Bushfire Management Plan

                 Rob Friend & Associates Pty Ltd                                                        10th of October 2024

Document Set ID: 23617065
Version: 1, Version Date: 05/03/2025