Appendix B - Bushfire Hazard Assessment · RAL22/0006

                                          TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0          INTRODUCTION......................................................................................1
       1.1   PURPOSE......................................................................................................................................1
       1.2   ASSESSMENT AREA .......................................................................................................................1
       1.3   NOOSA COUNCIL BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY.................................................................................3
       1.4   STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY .....................................................................4
       1.5   SURROUNDING LAND USES ............................................................................................................4
       1.6   TOPOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................................5
       1.7   VEGETATION ................................................................................................................................7

2.0          BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT ..........................................................10
       2.1   STATE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 10
             2.1.1       General ....................................................................................................................... 10
             2.1.2       Vegetation Hazard Classes ....................................................................................... 10
             2.1.3       Maximum Landscape Slope ...................................................................................... 11
             2.1.4       Fire Danger Index ...................................................................................................... 11

3.0          LOCAL HAZARD MAP ............................................................................12
       3.1   GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 12
       3.2   PATCH AND CORRIDOR FILTERING ................................................................................................ 12
       3.3   CALCULATION OF POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY ........................................................................ 12

4.0          CONCLUSION ...................................................................................17

5.0          REFERENCES ...................................................................................18




MAY 2022                                        BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                                         Page: i
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