Appendix B - Bushfire Hazard Assessment · RAL22/0006

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Fire Danger Index 46 Rate of spread 0.26 km/h
Vegetation classification Rainforest Flame length 2.26 m
Understorey fuel load 4.5 t/ha Flame angle 68 °, 74°, 80°, 84°, 85° & 89°
Total fuel load 4.5 t/ha Elevation of receiver 1m, 1.02 m, 1.01 m, 0.97 m, 0.93 m & 0.49 m
Vegetation height n/a Fire intensity 618 kW/m
Effective slope ae, Transmissivity 0.899, 0.894, 0.886, 0.874, 0.867 & 0.799
Site slope 22 Viewfactor 0.3889, 0.2895, 0.1916, 0.1269, 0.1025 & 0.0279
Flame width 100m
Windspeed n/a
Heat of combustion 18,600 k3/kg
Flame temperature 1,200 K
Rate of Spread - Mcarthur, 1973 & Noble et al., 1980
Flame length - NSW Rural Fire Service, 2001 & Noble et al., 1980
Elevation of receiver - Douglas & Tan, 2005
Flame angle - Douglas & Tan, 2005
Radiant heat flux - Drysdale, 1999, Sullivan et al., 2003, Douglas & Tan, 2005
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