Reference Document - Bushfire Management Plan - 132005.638.04

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                 Options for fuel reduction                            burning may be safely undertaken during the
                                                                       day.
                 Fuel reduction can be accomplished at this
                                                                       Back burns should be initiated from a well-
                 site with either prescribed burning or
                                                                       defended fire trail. If the fire trails as
                 mechanical fuel reduction.
                                                                       identified in this plan are developed to
                                                                       ensure all weather access is maintained they
                 Mechanical fuel load reduction is practical for
                                                                       should be suitable for both controlled and
                 regrowth and grassed areas within the
                                                                       wildfire suppression operations.
                 Landfill area and the road and track verges,
                 however it is impractical for the rest of the
                                                                       Fire trails and firebreaks
                 site.

                                                                       Fire trails and firebreaks provide the basis for
                 The only practical way to manage fuel loads
                                                                       conducting controlled burns or wildfire
                 within the Conservation Zone is too
                                                                       suppression from. This fire management
                 undertaken controlled burns.
                                                                       plan specifies the development of a number
                                                                       of fire trails and firebreaks.
                 This plan provides the basis for conducting
                 controlled burn via the fire management
                                                                       The fire trails and firebreaks have been
                 units.
                                                                       located throughout the Landfill site too
                                                                       breakup the site into discrete fire
                 Fire Suppression
                                                                       management units not only to provide a
                                                                       strategy to reduce fuel loads and manage the
                 Back burning
                                                                       reserves biodiversity but also by establishing
                 Back burning is undertaken to remove the              a mosaic of burn patches which will
                                                                       influence the spread of a wildfire through the
                 fuel from a vegetated area in the path of a
                                                                       site.
                 fire so that when the fire reaches the burnout
                 area it has no fuel available and self-
                                                                       The purpose of a fire trail is to identify those
                 extinguishes.
                                                                       tracks which have been developed to enable
                 In both controlled burning and wildfire               access for bushfire suppression appliances
                                                                       whether they are Council or Qld Fire and
                 suppression operations, back burning is the
                                                                       Rescue Service appliances.
                 major method of controlling the fire.
                 Temperature and humidity trends must be
                                                                       The purpose of a firebreak is to protect
                 monitored carefully to determine the safest
                                                                       infrastructure and vegetated areas from a
                 times to implement back burns.
                                                                       low to medium intensity burn, however it
                 As controlled burns would generally not be            may not be necessary or suitable to permit
                                                                       vehicles to traverse a firebreak.
                 undertaken when the fire danger index is
                 above high, back burning would not be
                                                                       It is noted that QFD urban appliances are not
                 necessary. However, in wildfire suppression
                                                                       normally taken onto earthen tracks and
                 operations and a wildfire would potentially
                                                                       therefore fire trails will mostly be utilised by
                 only threaten the Landfill site and
                                                                       Rural and Council appliances.
                 neighbouring vegetation properties when the
                 Fire Danger Index (FDI) is greater than high,
                 back burning should commence when the
                 humidity begins to rise in the late afternoon
                 or early evening. With a lower FDI back
                           RFA24-059 – Noosa Land Fill and Waste Management Facility – Bushfire Management Plan

                 Rob Friend & Associates Pty Ltd                                                    10th of October 2024

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Version: 1, Version Date: 05/03/2025