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4.0       BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT
4.1       Current Hazard classification
The Natural Hazard Overlay Mapping within the Noosa Shire Plan (2006) maps a portion of
the site as a “Medium Bushfire Hazard” (Figure 3).

4.2       On-site Hazard Assessment
4.2.1      Introduction
The State Planning Policy 1/03 Guideline – Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of Flood,
Bushfire and Landslide (SPP 1/03 Guideline) can be used to determine appropriate
bushfire hazard classifications for different sectors of the site and its immediate vicinity. The
SPP 1/03 Guideline identifies three features of the landscape that strongly contribute
towards the behaviour of bushfires:

      1. vegetation community structure/composition;
      2. slope; and
      3. aspect.

4.2.2      Methodology
Appendix 3 of State Planning Policy: Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of Flood, Bushfire and
Landslide (2003), utilises a scoring system to assess bushfire risk based on the three loading
factors of vegetation type, slope and site aspect.

4.2.2.1    Vegetation Type

The structure and composition of vegetation communities determine the rate at which dry
fuel accumulates. Some vegetation communities protect fuel from drying out in all but
extreme bushfire seasons, making the vegetation susceptible to very destructive bushfires,
whilst other vegetation communities may expose fuels to drying and therefore be
frequently available for burning.

The characteristics of different vegetation communities are reflected in Table 1. This table
also presents the hazard scores for a range of vegetation communities.




                                     Bushfire Management Plan
February 2015                                                                   Page 9
                                215 David Low Way, Peregian Beach
                                      Scanlon Property Group