Bushfire Hazard Statement

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Table 2 – Fireline Intensity Model data for Subject Site and Waterway Corridor

Characteristic                               Input/output value
Vegetation hazard class                      22.1 Melaleuca open forests on seasonally inundated lowland coastal
                                             swamps1
Potential fuel load (t/ha)                   28.42
FFDI                                         473
Slope (degrees)                              2
Potential fireline intensity (kW/m)          26,981
Potential Bushfire Hazard Class              High
1 – the VHC 22.1-Melaleuca open forests on seasonally inundated lowland coastal swamps was used because
2 – the Potential fuel load is attributed with a potential fuel load by the State Government as part of the Leonard et. al.
(2014) methodology.
3 – the FFDI for the area is determined by the State Government as part of the Leonard et. al. (2014) methodology.

         We also acknowledge that while the Lomandra Place Bushland Reserve is an area of low bushfire
          hazard, it may become involved in a bushfire event and as such needs to achieve a separation from that
          vegetation necessary to achieve the radiant heat flux of 19kW/m2.
         Table 3 provides the outputs for potential setbacks from the retained vegetation. We acknowledge the
          age and vulnerability of the residents using the proposed development and recommend that the setback
          should achieve a lower radiant heat level than necessary for the residents.

Table 3 – Minimum Distance Calculations

186 Cooroy Noosa Road, Tewantin - Minimum Distance Calculator - AS3959-2009 (Method 2)
                         Inputs                                                      Outputs
 Fire Danger Index                42                   Rate of spread                          0.81 km/h
 Vegetation classification        Woodland             Flame length                            8.62 m
 Surface fuel load                15 t/ha              Flame angle                             54 °, 65 °, 74 ° & 79 °
 Overall fuel load                28 t/ha              Elevation of receiver                   3.24 m, 3.57 m, 3.65 m &
                                                                                               3.51 m
 Vegetation height                n/a                  Fire intensity                          11,718 kW/m
 Effective slope                  1°                   Transmissivity                          0.863, 0.849, 0.827 & 0.803
 Site slope                       2°                   Viewfactor                              0.6056, 0.447, 0.3007 &
                                                                                               0.2043
Flame width                   100 m                     Minimum distance to < 40 kW/m²         7m
Windspeed                     35 km/h                   Minimum distance to < 29 kW/m²         9.5 m
Heat of combustion            18,600 kJ/kg              Minimum distance to < 19 kW/m²         14.1 m
Flame temperature             1,090 K                   Minimum distance to < 12.5 kW/m²       20.5 m
 Rate of Spread - Mcarthur, 1973 & Noble et al., 1980
 Flame length - NSW Rural Fire Service, 2001 & Noble et al., 1980
 Elevation of receiver - Douglas & Tan, 2005
 Flame angle - Douglas & Tan, 2005
 Radiant heat flux - Drysdale, 1999, Sullivan et al., 2003, Douglas & Tan, 2005

Emergency Management plan

Noosa Care – Carramar has two Emergency Response documents which informs and guide the management’s
response in the advent of an emergency within and around the Carrama Care facility and which includes a
bushfire event. These documents are: -

     1. Natural Disaster Response Plan (Carramar/Kabara WHS Coordinator, June 2016), and