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                 Table 3 - Hazard Score Vs Severity of Bushfire Hazard (Table A3.4 App 3 SPP1/03)
                       Total Hazard Score                                      Severity of Bushfire Hazard

                                        13 or greater                                                   High

                                           6 to 12.5                                                 Medium

                                            1 to 5.5                                                    Low
                       Note – Land within 50m of an identified Medium severity bushfire hazard area is included within that
                       identified Medium severity bushfire hazard area and land within 100m of an identified High severity bushfire
                       hazard area is included within that identified High severity bushfire hazard area.




4.2.3           Site Assessment
Several investigative tools were utilised to determine the site specific bushfire hazard risk
including:

             A review of local aerial photography;

             A review of site and local topography;

             A review of DERM Remnant Regional Ecosystem Mapping; and

             An inspection of the site on the 12th February 2015.

The risk assessment comprised an analysis of the site and the surrounding lands (i.e. within
100m) characteristic bushfire risk loading factors in accordance with the Appendix 3 SPP
1/03 scoring system.

The area of interest was divided into a number of sub-units, based on variances in
vegetation communities, slope or aspect (Figure 5). Total hazard scores were then
determined for each sub-unit to identify areas of High, Medium and Low bushfire hazard
within the site locality (Tables 4 & 5 below). Existing cleared areas, roadways, lawns and
gardens were not considered to have a significant influence in increasing bushfire risk and
were automatically allocated low bushfire hazard rating.

4.2.3.1         Sub-unit 1 (SU1)
                                      Table 4 – Results of hazard assessment for Sub-unit 1
Characteristic                                       Description                                           Hazard Score
Vegetation                                           Paperbark heath/swamp                                 61
Slope                                                                      <5%                             1
Aspect                                                           North-west to west                        3
                                                                                                Total      10
                                                                        Bushfire Hazard Rating             Medium
1 Narrow strips of vegetation may be flammable; however, bushfires will not generally reach their full intensity where bushfire fronts are less than 100

metres wide. For this reason the following examples may be viewed as having the next lower hazard score:
             areas with a linear shape (e.g. roadside vegetation beside a cleared paddock); and
             units of vegetation less than 50 hectares in area and more than one kilometre from the nearest extensive vegetation.
As Sub-unit 1 occurs as a thin strip of swamp forest (i.e. <100m wide) it has been allocated the next lower hazard score.




                                                        Bushfire Management Plan
February 2015                                                                                                                      Page 13
                                                   215 David Low Way, Peregian Beach
                                                         Scanlon Property Group