Reference Documents - RAL22/0034

                    FPE Ref: 6176-221031-1.0



                                                                      TABLE OF CONTENTS
                    1.0       INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1
                        1.1       BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................... 1
                        1.2       PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT ......................................................................................................................... 2
                        1.3       NOOSA PLAN 2020 .................................................................................................................................... 2
                        1.4       STATE PLANNING POLICY MAPPING.............................................................................................................. 2
                    2.0       SITE DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................................... 4
                        2.1       GENERAL.................................................................................................................................................. 4
                        2.2       MAPPED VEGETATION ................................................................................................................................ 4
                        2.3       FIELD ASSESSED VEGETATION .................................................................................................................... 7
                        2.4       SURFACE WATER .................................................................................................................................... 17
                        2.5       TOPOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................................... 18
                        2.6       EXISTING FIRE BREAKS ............................................................................................................................ 20
                        2.7       PREVIOUS FIRE HISTORY.......................................................................................................................... 20
                    3.0       BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT – STATE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ...................... 21
                        3.1       GENERAL................................................................................................................................................ 21
                        3.2       VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES ................................................................................................................. 21
                        3.3       MAXIMUM LANDSCAPE SLOPE ................................................................................................................... 23
                        3.4       FIRE DANGER INDEX ................................................................................................................................ 23
                        3.5       PATCH AND CORRIDOR FILTERING .............................................................................................................. 23
                        3.6       POTENTIAL FIRE-LINE INTENSITY................................................................................................................ 23
                        3.7       POTENTIAL IMPACT BUFFER ...................................................................................................................... 25
                        3.8       SUMMARY............................................................................................................................................... 25
                    4.0       BUSHFIRE SETBACKS .............................................................................................................. 26
                        4.1       GENERAL................................................................................................................................................ 26
                        4.2       SETBACKS .............................................................................................................................................. 26
                        4.3       LANDSCAPING ......................................................................................................................................... 26
                    5.0       CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................ 27
                    6.0       REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................ 28




                                                                             LIST OF FIGURES
                    Figure 1. Site Locality Plan (Source: Queensland Globe 2021) ........................................................... 1

                    Figure 2. Noosa Bushfire hazard overlay (Source: Noosa Council Enterprise Mapping System 2022)
                     .............................................................................................................................................................. 2

                    Figure 3. SPP Bushfire Hazard Mapping (Source: DAMS 2022) ........................................................... 3


                   20 December 2022                                              Bushfire Hazard Assessment                                                                                     iii
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