11. Appendix G - Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2                                                NCES REF: J001313
Lot 4 on RP160124 – 658 Louis Bazzo Dr, Ringtail Creek QLD 4565




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                                                                                      Ringtail State Forest

                           Plate 4 – Dominant forest fire runs (Source: Queensland Globe)


3     HAZARD ASSESSMENT

3.1       Hazard Assessment Methodology
The NSC Planning Scheme requires that a site-specific bushfire hazard assessment be prepared to
assess the degree of bushfire hazard acting on a development site captured within a mapped
Designated Bushfire Hazard Area. The SPP Bushfire Prone Area mapping prevails over the NSC
Bushfire Hazard Area mapping with respect to the currency of the methodology adopted to prepare
the mapping. Accordingly, the site-specific hazard mapping required by the Bushfire Hazard Overlay
Code is to be prepared consistent with the methodology adopted to prepare the SPP mapping.
The methodology used to prepare the SPP mapping is described in:
          Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning’s Natural Hazards, Risk and
           Resilience –– Bushfire (December 2019) State Planning Policy – state interest guidance
           material; and
          Queensland Fire and Emergency Services - (2019) Planning for Bushfire Resilient
           Communities.
Site-specific hazard maps are referred to as Local Hazard Area Maps in the SPP documents. The
preparation of Local Hazard Area Maps has been undertaken for the site in accordance with the
methodology described in the above referenced documents.

3.1.1      Local Hazard Area Map
A Local Hazard Area Map was prepared by adopting the following methodology:
          Categorizing the vegetation within the site in accordance with the vegetation hazard classes
           derived from QFES (2019);
          Using the patch and corridor filtering process to remove narrow corridors and small patches


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