RFI - Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan

                                                         Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan



The Noosa Plan 2020 Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code notes that a site-based assessment may be used
to ground-truth the extent of hazardous vegetation and the extent and nature of the bushfire hazard area
(bushfire prone area), using a quantitative and qualitative method, as per the planning scheme policy
PSP8 Natural Hazards.

The site-specific bushfire assessment provided in this plan has been undertaken in accordance with the
BRC Technical Guide (Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES), 2019).




    Figure 4: Excerpt from Noosa Plan 2020 – Bushfire hazard overlay (Source: Noosa Council, 2022).

2.3 AS3959:2018 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas

The Australian Standard AS3959:2018 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire-Prone Areas (Standards
Australia, 2009) specifies the requirements for the construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas in
order to improve their resistance to bushfire attack. AS3959:2018 applies to those areas where a
regulated map (i.e. a planning scheme overlay map) identifies an area as a bushfire prone area (or
similar), requiring calculation of Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) in accordance with a methodology outlined
in the standard.

AS3959:2018 thus prescribes the construction details for buildings depending on the calculated BAL.
The detailed requirements relating to construction methods and materials are typically dealt with as part
of building design and enabled via private certification in accordance with the Building Code of Australia.




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