UPDATED DA - Attachment 6 - Bushfire Management Plan

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Further the eastern area also contains a            Fire Management Zones
firebreak at the rear of the residential lots of
Paradise Drive, Weyba Downs. It is noted            Three Bushfire Management Zones have
that these residential properties are within        been identified within and around the
the Sunshine Coast Regional Council area as         Doonan Waste Management Centre and
is Eumarella Road.                                  these include (see Figure 11);

We note that the waste management centre               A Conservation Zone (CZ). The CZ
is not connected to reticulated water and as            captures the areas containing native
such, access to water for bushfire                      vegetation outside of the Infrastructure
suppression activities is dependent on the              Zone. The central and eastern areas have
onsite water storage                                    been included into this BMP whereas
                                                        they were excluded from the 2011 FMP.
Bushfire Management Plan                                The management objectives of the
                                                        Conservation Zone are: -
Planning Methodology                                    o   Protect and enhance the vegetation
                                                            communities and habitat for all flora
The 2011 Fire Management Plan used the                      and fauna species.
identification of Fire Management Zones                 o Ensure the zone is appropriately
which sought to identify various land                       protected by severe wild fire events.
management used within and around the                  An Infrastructure Zone (IZ). The IZ
Doonan Waste Management Centre to                       encompasses the area within the Doonan
identify what bushfire management                       Waste Management Centre both current
objectives were important.                              and based on the proposed re-
                                                        development proposal future land uses
With the fire management zones identified a             where infrastructure and other waste
series of fire management units were                    management activities will be
mapped and these were used to undertake                 undertaken. It must be noted that from
particular hazard management actions such               time to time parts of the Infrastructure
as physical fuel removal or the use of                  Zone may contained vegetation, however
controlled burns to manage fuel loads within            this should be managed to ensure fuel
an area.                                                loads are not permitted to build up so as
                                                        to become a hazard to life and property.
We would also note that the management of
fuel loads were to be achieved to ensure                The Infrastructure Zone also includes the
minimal or no overall environmental or                  RSPCA Animal Refuge complex as it
ecological degradation to the vegetation                resides within the property.
communities and ecological values within
the property.                                           The management objectives for the
                                                        Infrastructure Zone are: -
The other difference between the 2011 Fire
Management Plan and this 2024 Bushfire                  o   To ensure life and property within the
Management Plan is that the area of land                    zone are sufficiently protected from
subject to this plan is the whole of the                    and during a bushfire event,
property rather than just the vegetation and            o   Ensure, where possible that all
area around the Waste Management Centre.                    structures are separated from areas
                                                            of hazardous vegetation such that its


        RFA24-059 – Noosa Land Fill and Waste Management Facility – Bushfire Management Plan

Rob Friend & Associates Pty Ltd                                                 10th of October 2024