Appendix I - Bushfire Hazard Report

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                  Sub-unit                               Aspect                           Hazard Score

                   BHU 3                            West to South                              2

                   BHU 4               East to South and all land under 5% slope               0

                   BHU 5                               North to East                           1



4.6       Field Verification
As stated, S5 Environmental’s Senior and Graduate Ecologist conducted a site inspection of the site
and surroundings lands, vegetation communities, slope angles and aspects on Thursday the 12th of
October 2017 and verified the on-ground site conditions.

4.7       Severity of Bushfire Hazard
In accordance with SPP1/03 Guideline – Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of Flood, Bushfire and
Landslide Appendix 3, the scores for the individual factors determined for vegetation community, slope
and aspect have been summed to provide a total for each sub-unit as follows:

Total hazard score = vegetation community hazard score + slope hazard score + aspect hazard score.

The total fire hazard scores calculated for the site as per the SPP1/03 Guideline are shown below in
Table 4, below. The scores for the individual factors determined for vegetation communities, slope
and aspect have been summed to provide a total for each sub-unit.

                                        Table 4 Sub-unit Hazard Score

      Sub-unit   Vegetation Slope Score         Aspect          Current          Future     Current      Future
                   Score                        Score           Hazard           Hazard     Hazard       Hazard
                                                                 Score           Score      Rating       Rating

       BHU 1       2 / 1*          2               0                   4           3         LOW          LOW

       BHU 2       5 / 1*          2               2               10              5        MEDIUM        LOW

       BHU 3       2 / 1*          2               2                   7           5        MEDIUM        LOW

       BHU 4       8 / 8*          1               0                   9           9        MEDIUM       MEDIUM

       BHU 5       2 / 2*          2               1                   5           5         LOW          LOW

  Note:
  * Current Vegetation Score / Future Vegetation Score



In accordance with the SPP1/03 Guideline, a total fire hazard score of 13 or greater is considered to
be ‘High’ bushfire hazard areas, a total fire hazard score of 6 to 12.5 is considered ‘Medium’ Hazard
Areas and a hazard score of 1 to 5.5 is considered ‘Low’ Hazard. Therefore, under the current
conditions the site itself is considered a LOW to MEDIUM Bushfire Hazard Area. After completion of
development works, assuming the future landscaping conditions will be in accordance with those


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