UPDATED DA - Attachment 6 - Bushfire Management Plan

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Glossary of terms

Term                              Definition
Access Point                      Point of safe entry (ingress) and exit (egress) onto a managed
                                  area or reserve, of sufficient width and level surface to allow
                                  firefighting and management vehicles entry into the reserve.
AFAC                              Australian Fire Authorities Council. This national body has been
                                  established to coordinate research, training and education in fire
                                  throughout Australia.
Aspect                            Aspect of a landscape is the direction that the face or slope of
                                  land faces when aligned to the magnetic compass. E.g., a slope
                                  facing west has a westerly aspect. In Logan City, the westerly
                                  and northerly aspects are usually the driest and hence more fire
                                  prone than easterly and southerly aspects.
Controlled burn                   See Planned burn
Dwell time                        Dwell time is the time for a flame or fire to burn at a specific
                                  point in a fuel matrix.
Ecological burn                   An ecological burn is a burn undertaken within an area of
                                  vegetation to facilitate ecological enhancement of improvements
                                  to the ecological values of that area. Hazard reduction is not the
                                  driver for undertaking an ecological burn.
FFDI                              The FFDI or Forest Fire Danger Index is based on work of
                                  MacArthur in the 1960’s where the MacArthur fire danger meter
                                  was developed.
Fire Management Zone              A designated area within or contiguous with the planning area
(FMZ)                             which requires specific management prescriptions as identified
                                  in the FMP or other management planning documents e.g.
                                  conservation protection zones pertain to an area of reserve that
                                  has significant flora, fauna or habitats which are intolerant to fire.
Fire Management Block             A discrete area identified in a Fire Management Plan with a
(FMB)                             discernible operational boundary on which a specific planned
                                  burn is planned.
Fine Fuels                        Dead, dry or otherwise combustible material of a diameter up to
                                  6 mm. (e.g. twigs, leaves, grass).
Firebreak                         A firebreak is a constructed or natural feature lacking the
                                  vegetation or fuel necessary to carry a ground fire, and that
                                  reduces the rate of spread and intensity of any fire that may
                                  occur in an area of standing vegetation.
Fire frequency                    Fire frequency is the measurement of the number of years
                                  between successive fires that burn through a specified area.
Fire intensity                    Fire intensity is the measurement of the heat generated by a fire
                                  over a given distance. Intensity is measured in kilowatts per
                                  metre kW/m.
Fire Management Plan              A document outlining the management of fire hazards within a
(FMP)                             specific area of standing vegetation. It details the objectives for
                                  management of the area and the nature, including the
                                  application of planned burning and timing of specific

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

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