2021-06-08 P&E Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Fire Management Plan 2021

                                                                                              New risk rating
                                Consequence




                                               Risk rating
                   Likelihood




                                                                              mitigation
                                               M-Medium

                                               E-Extreme




                                                                              Proposed
                                                              controls
                                                              Current
 Hazard




                                               H-High
                                               L-Low
 On-reserve
 Bushfire         Possible      Moderate       M-52           Monitoring of   Park closures   M-28
 hazard to                                                    Fire Danger     during
 staff and                                                    Index and       severe,
 contractors in                                               notifications   extreme or
 remote areas                                                 to staff        catastrophic
                                                                              fire weather
 Bushfire         Possible      Minor          M-28           Monitoring of   Park closures   L-8
 hazard to                                                    Fire Danger     during
 volunteers in                                                Index and       severe,
 built up areas                                               information     extreme or
                                                              to volunteers   catastrophic
                                                                              fire weather
 Bushfire         Unlikely      Minor          L-20           Monitoring of   Park closures   L-4
 hazard to                                                    Fire Danger     during
 visitors                                                     Index and       severe,
 in built up                                                  information     extreme or
 areas                                                        to visitors     catastrophic
                                                                              fire weather
 Loss of          Possible      Moderate       H-52           Planned         Introduce       M-28
 biodiversity                                                 burns, fire     ecological
 through                                                      trails and      burning
 inappropriate                                                fuel            program and
 fire                                                         reduction       develop fire
 frequencies/                                                 zones           trails/FRZ to
 intensity                                                                    meet
                                                                              standards

 Off-reserve within 100m buffer
 Bushfire         Possible     Major           E-76           Planned         Introduce       M-28
 hazard to                                                    burns, fire     hazard
 neighbour life                                               trails, fuel    reduction
 and property                                                 reduction       burning
                                                              zones,          program and
                                                              neighbour       develop fire
                                                              education       trails/FRZ to
                                                                              meet
                                                                              standards
 Total risk                                    228                                            96
 rating

Table 2. An example of bushland reserve bushfire risk assessment and the proposed risk mitigation measures.
Note these scores have not had weightings applied.




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