OPW052025 Report - Part 2

Firebreaks and fire access tracks
PO8                                                           AO8.1                                                                 Not applicable as no new roads or new lots are being
Firebreaks and fire access tracks provide:                    Where development involves the creation of a new road and             proposed. That said, access for rural fire fighting will be
                                                                                                                                    available along the proposed driveway.
(a)   adequate access for fire fighting and other emergency   lots, a firebreak is provided by providing a cleared road reserve not
      vehicles; and                                           less than 20 metres wide and maximum gradient of 12.5%
                                                              around the perimeter of the subdivision, between the created
(b)   adequate access for the evacuation of residents and
      emergency personnel in an emergency situation.          lots and surrounding vegetated lands.

                                                              OR

                                                              AO8.2
                                                              Fire access tracks are provided between the created lots and
                                                              surrounding vegetated land that:
                                                              (a)     have a cleared minimum width of 6 metres;
                                                              (b)     have a maximum gradient of 12.5%;
                                                              (c)     provide unbroken access for fire fighting vehicles;
                                                              (d)     provide passing bays and turning areas;
                                                              (e)     are located within an access easement that is granted in
                                                                      favour of Noosa Council and the Queensland Fire and
                                                                      Rescue Service.

                                                              AO8.3
                                                              Bushfire management measures are carried out on the subject
                                                              property and not any adjoining property.