Reference Document - Bushfire Risk Assessment & Bushfire Risk Management Plan

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


6.3    Tabulation of the Potential Bushfire Intensity Class
Using the inputs derived above, the Potential Bushfire Intensity Classes for the patches of
vegetation are tabulated below.

Table 5: Table of Potential Bushfire Intensity Class derived from Potential Fire line Intensity
             Potential Bushfire Intensity Class                               Potential Fire-line Intensity
                          Very high                                                    >40,000 kW/m
                            High                                                 20,000 to 40,000 kW/m
                          Medium                                                 4,000 to 20,000 kW/m
                            Low                                                  Less than 4000 kW/m
(Source: Leonard et al, 2014, page 20)

Table 6: Tabulation of the potential bushfire intensity classes for each of the patches
    Patch        Vegetation class         Fuel load       Slope      FDDI      Fireline Intensity     Potential Bushfire
                                                                                                       Intensity Class
   Patch 1    Moist to dry eucalypt       24.1 t/ha       2.8 0        50         21771 kW/m                  High
              open forests
   Patch 2    Low grass or tree cover         5 t/ha      3.1 0        50              963 kW/m               Low
              in rural areas
   Patch 3    Low grass or tree cover         5 t/ha      3.7 1        51          1020 kW/m                  Low
              in rural areas
   Patch 4    Low grass or tree cover         5 t/ha      4.4 2        52          1092 kW/m                  Low
              in rural areas
   Patch 5    Low grass or tree cover         5 t/ha      4.9 3        53          1153 kW/m                  Low
              in rural areas
   Patch 6    Low grass or tree cover         5 t/ha      5.8 4        54          1247 kW/m                  Low
              in rural areas
   Patch 7    Low grass or tree cover         5 t/ha      6.3 5        55          1314 kW/m                  Low
              in rural areas
   Patch 8    Low grass or tree cover         5 t/ha      3.1 6        56          1073 kW/m                  Low
              in rural areas
   Patch 9    Low grass or tree cover         5 t/ha      3.0 0        50              954 kW/m               Low
              in rural areas




Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan for a house at 64 Pheasant Lane, Doonan                          September 2020

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