Appendix C - Bushfire Hazard Assesment

                                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0            INTRODUCTION......................................................................................1
        1.1    PURPOSE......................................................................................................................................1
        1.2    ASSESSMENT AREA .......................................................................................................................1
        1.3    NOOSA COUNCIL BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY.................................................................................3
        1.4    STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY .....................................................................4
        1.5    SURROUNDING LAND USES ............................................................................................................4
        1.6    TOPOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................................5
        1.7    VEGETATION ................................................................................................................................7

2.0            BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT ............................................................8
        2.1    STATE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ..............................................................................................8
               2.1.1       General .........................................................................................................................8
               2.1.2       Vegetation Hazard Classes .........................................................................................8
               2.1.3       Maximum Landscape Slope ........................................................................................9
               2.1.4       Fire Danger Index ........................................................................................................9

3.0            LOCAL HAZARD MAP ............................................................................10
        3.1    GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 10
        3.2    PATCH AND CORRIDOR FILTERING ................................................................................................ 10
        3.3    CALCULATION OF POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY ........................................................................ 10

4.0            SETBACKS .......................................................................................14
        4.1    SETBACK CALCULATIONS.............................................................................................................. 14
        4.2    VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WITHIN ASSET PROTECTION ZONE ...................................................... 16

5.0            CONCLUSION ...................................................................................17

6.0            REFERENCES ...................................................................................18




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