RFI - Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan

                                                                                                                    Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan




Performance Outcomes                      Acceptable Outcomes                                           Compliance Assessment

Firebreaks and fire access tracks

PO8   Firebreaks and fire access          AO8.1   Where development involves the creation of a          Complies with PO8
      tracks                   provide:           new road and lots, a firebreak is provided by
                                                                                                        Direct access to the dwelling site is provided via a driveway
                                                  providing a cleared road reserve not less than
                                                                                                        along the eastern and northern boundary of the site to
                                                  20 metres wide and maximum gradient of
          a. adequate access for                                                                        Davis Road. This driveway is approximately 400m long
                                                  12.5%      around    the       perimeter   of   the
               fire fighting and other                                                                  and is currently unsealed, but will be sealed with bitumen
                                                  subdivision, between the created lots and
               emergency vehicles;                                                                      in the future. The driveway follows a ridgeline through the
                                                  surrounding            vegetated            lands.
               and                                                                                      property and passes through areas of intact, unmanaged
                                                                                                        forest. The existing driveway passes through a managed
          b. adequate access for                  OR
                                                                                                        access corridor of around 20m wide, where understorey
               the evacuation of
                                                                                                        fuel is managed via regular slashing but canopy trees are
               residents and              AO8.2   Fire access tracks are provided between the
                                                                                                        retained.
               emergency                          created lots and surrounding vegetated land
               personnel in an                    that:
               emergency situation.
                                                                                                        This driveway will provide for the egress of dwelling
                                                       a. have a cleared minimum width of 6             occupants in the event of an approaching bushfire, and the
                                                            metres;                                     driveway is either flat or downhill the entire way out to
                                                                                                        Davis Rd. The driveway surface is capable of supporting
                                                       b. have a maximum gradient of 12.5%;
                                                                                                        Rural Fire Service 4WD vehicles, but the longitudinal
                                                       c.   provide unbroken access for fire            gradient of the driveway exceeds 12.5% at two locations,
                                                            fighting vehicles;                          which could cause issues for emergency services vehicle
                                                       d. provide passing bays and turning              access uphill to the dwelling. There is a short stretch of
                                                            areas;                                      driveway close to the property entrance that has a slope of
                                                                                                        around 13.5%, and another short stretch of driveway just
                                                       e. are located within an access
                                                                                                        below the dwelling site that has a slope of around 16%.
                                                            easement that is granted in favour of




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