Bushfire Hazard Assessment - 11 Senegal Rise

                                                    TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0                   INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1
           1.1        PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................................... 1
           1.2        NOOSA COUNCIL BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY .................................................................................... 1
           1.3        STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY ........................................................................ 2

2.0                   SITE DESCRIPTION ............................................................................... 3
           2.1        SURROUNDING LAND USES ................................................................................................................ 3
           2.2        TOPOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................................... 3
           2.3        VEGETATION ...................................................................................................................................... 4

3.0                   BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT .......................................................... 5
           3.1        STATE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................. 5
                      3.1.1        General .............................................................................................................................. 5
                      3.1.2        Vegetation Hazard Classes ............................................................................................. 5
                      3.1.3        Maximum Landscape Slope ............................................................................................ 5
                      3.1.4        Forest Fire Danger Index................................................................................................. 6

4.0                   LOCAL HAZARD MAP ..................................................................... 7
           4.1        GENERAL ........................................................................................................................................... 7
           4.2        PATCH AND CORRIDOR FILTERING ...................................................................................................... 7
           4.3        CALCULATION OF POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY ............................................................................. 7

5.0                   SETBACKS .................................................................................... 11

6.0                   CONCLUSION ................................................................................ 12

7.0                   REFERENCES ............................................................................... 13


                                                           LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Noosa Plan 2020 bushfire hazard overlay .............................................................................. 1
Figure 2: State Planning Policy bushfire hazard mapping ..................................................................... 2
Figure 3: Surrounding land uses .......................................................................................................... 3
Figure 4: Open Eucalypt forest vegetation ........................................................................................... 4
Figure 5: Vegetation Hazard Classes .................................................................................................... 8
Figure 6: Sub Unit Map ........................................................................................................................ 9
Figure 7: Local Hazard Map ............................................................................................................... 10



19 July 2021                                                    Chris Bentley                                                                                   Page: ii
Job No. 20-052                              Bushfire Hazard Assessment – 11 Senegal Rise, Doonan