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




Contents
1     INTRODUCTION                                                                 4

1.1 BACKGROUND                                                                          4
1.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE INTENSITY OVERLAY MAP                                4
1.3 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL                                                                4

2     SITE DESCRIPTION                                                             5

2.1    GENERAL                                                                          5
2.2    TOPOGRAPHY                                                                       5
2.3    VEGETATION WITHIN THE SITE                                                       6
2.4    VEGETATION EXTERNAL OF THE SITE                                                  6
2.5    PAST FIRE HISTORY                                                                7

3     HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                            8

3.1 HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY                                                       8
3.1.1 LOCAL HAZARD AREA MAP                                                             8
3.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES                                                           9
3.2.1 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 22.1 – MELALEUCA OPEN FORESTS ON SEASONALLY INUNDATED
LOWLAND COASTAL SWAMPS                                                                9
3.2.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 29.2 – WOODLANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HEATHLANDS, SCRUBS AND
SHRUBLANDS                                                                            9
3.2.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 34.5 – SEDGELAND DOMINATED WETLANDS                    10
3.2.4 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 39.2 – LOW TO MODERATE TREE COVER IN BUILT UP AREAS    10
3.3 POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY CLASSES                                             13
3.4 BUSHFIRE HAZARD SUB-UNITS                                                        13
3.5 OVERALL LOCAL HAZARD MAP                                                         13
3.6 QUANTITATIVE MODELLING                                                           16

4     BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT                                                    20

4.1 METHODOLOGY                                                                        20
4.2 RISK FROM IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS VEGETATION                                          21

5     BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES                                          24

5.1 GENERAL                                                                            24
5.2 ASSET PROTECTION ZONES                                                             24
5.2.1 GENERAL                                                                          24
5.2.2 AGED CARE FACILITY – ‘VULNERABLE USE’ SETBACK                                    24
5.3 WATER SUPPLY                                                                       25
5.4 FIRE BREAKS                                                                        25
5.5 VEHICULAR ACCESS                                                                   26
5.6 LANDSCAPING AND REGROWTH                                                           27
5.7 GENERAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE                                                       28
5.8 BUSHFIRE EVACUATION                                                                28

6 AUSTRALIAN STANDARD 3959:2018 CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN
BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS (AS 3959:2018) SETBACKS                                      29

7     LEGISLATION AND OVERLAYS                                                    31




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