Attachment 5 - Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v1                                        NCES REF: J000542
Lot 9 on RP225312 – 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads



sedges, shrubs and grasses with Xanthorrhoea johnsonii (grass tree) prevalent.
VHC 29.2 is attributed a potential combined surface fuel load of 16.8 t/ha and a potential total fuel
load of 24.3 t/ha, and is classed as Prone Type 1 (QFES, 2019). Plate 6 depicts typical conditions
within VHC 24.1.




                                 Plate 6 – Characteristic vegetation within VHC 29.2

3.2.3    Vegetation Hazard Class 34.5 – Sedgeland dominated wetlands
Vegetation Hazard Class 34.5 (VHC 34.5) is located in the eastern extent of the assessment area.
This VHC consists of a dense association of low native wet coastal heath vegetation. Common
species included Blechnum indicum (bungwahl fern), Gahnia clarkei (sword sedge), Banksia fulva
(swamp banksia) and Melastoma affine (blue tongue).
VHC 34.5 is attributed a potential combined surface fuel load of 8 t/ha and a potential total fuel load
of 13 t/ha, and is classed as Prone Type 1 (QFES, 2019). Plate 7 depicts typical conditions within
VHC 34.5.




                                 Plate 7 – Characteristic vegetation within VHC 34.5

3.2.4    Vegetation Hazard Class 39.2 – Low to moderate tree cover in built up areas
Vegetation Hazard Class 39.2 (VHC 39.2) is located across the majority of the site extent and
western extent of the assessment area. VHC 39.2 exhibited mature trees set amongst buildings and
maintained areas.
Mature tree species present include Allocasuarina littoralis (black sheoak), Melaleuca quinquenervia
(broad-leaved paperbark), Melaleuca Leucadendra (weeping paperbark), Bamboo spp.,
Lophostemon suaveolens (swamp box), palm spp., Macaranga tanarius, Glochidion ferdinandi
(cheese tree), and Acacia spp.
An area in the southern extent of the onsite VHC 39.2 unit has been recently cleared for bushfire



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