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

 Action                     Indicator                 Responsibility        Timeframe               Cost
 fire trail access
 provisions
 Revise        reserve      Risk is mitigated as      Council               Ongoing each year       In-house
 priorities and Fire        per     FMP      and      Environmental         prior to budget
 Management Unit            bushland reserves         Services              process
 (FMU)        priorities    protect          and
 based      on      risk    enhance
 mitigation activities      biodiversity values
 and updated climate
 change information
 particularly          in
 relation             to
 threatened species
 Implement bushfire         Risk is mitigated as      Council               Planned        burns    Additional
 mitigation      works      per     FMP      and      Environmental         autumn-winter           capital     and
 including planned          bushland reserves         Services              Fire trails/FRZ prior   operational
 burns, fire trail/FRZ      protect          and                            to wet season           costs over and
 maintenance.               enhance                                                                 above current
 Increase capacity          biodiversity values                                                     budget
 for fire management                                                                                allocations will
 as per the 5-Year                                                                                  be subject to a
 Operational       Plan                                                                             business case
 based        on        a                                                                           for
 business case to be                                                                                consideration
 presented            to                                                                            by Council
 Council.                                                                                           TBA
 Engage with key            Attend Area Fire          Council               As    per   AFMG        In-house
 stakeholders such          Management                Environmental         meeting schedule
 as QFES, QPWS              Groups (AFMG) as          Services              Engagement      as
 and        Traditional     required to inform                              required
 Owners on fire             Operation        Cool
 management                 Burn.
                            Engage            with
                            Traditional owners
                            on cultural burning
                            practices       where
                            appropriate
 Develop          multi-    3        multi-agency     Disaster              Annual                  $65,000 in 2021
 agency              fire   plans are developed       Management Branch                             engage
 management plans           each year and risk is                                                   consultant
 for key high risk          mitigated for these
 localities          (11    locations.
 identified in total)       Note: 4 locations
                            have been identified
                            as an initial priority.
                            These are Noosa
                            North          Shore,
                            Tewantin, Pomona
                            and Noosa.
 Investigate     State      Funding is delivered      Council Environment   Ongoing                 Subject       to
 and Federal funding        to     improve     the    Serves and Disaster                           availability  of
 opportunities to help      resilience           of   Management Branch                             State        and
 improve           the      building stock                                                          Federal funding
 resilience of private
 buildings    located
 next to Bushland
 Reserves




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