Appendix I - Bushfire Hazard Report

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Adjacent Land to the South
Adjoining the southern boundary of the site is the Bruce Highway road corridor. This corridor is
approximately 180 m wide and is considered to provide an adequate buffer/break to any bushfire risk
that may be associated with the rural residential properties on the opposite side of the highway. On
this basis, a bushfire hazard score has not been calculated for land to the south of the site.

Table 5, below, summarises the potential bushfire hazard of the lands surrounding the subject site
and provides a classification in accordance with the SPP1/03 Guideline – Mitigating the Adverse
Impacts of Flood, Bushfire and Landslide Appendix 3. Slope calculations for the surrounding lands
are shown in the calculation sheet attached in Appendix B. The potential bushfire hazard on the site
and surrounding lands, including Bushfire Hazard Buffer Areas, are illustrated in Figure 8, below.
                                Table 5 Adjacent Lands – Bushfire Hazard

                                                                                                    Severity of
    Adjacent                                                                           Hazard
                         Vegetation                 Aspect             Slope                         Bushfire
     Land                                                                              Score
                                                                                                     Hazard

                    Grassy eucalypt and
                                                 East to South
                   acacia forest, exotic pine                         Undulating
                                                  and all land
       East        plantations, cypress pine                        (>5% to 10%)          8          MEDIUM*
                                                under 5% slope.
                    forests, wallum heath.                         Hazard Score 2
                                                Hazard Score 0
                       Hazard Score 6

                    Grassy eucalypt and
                                                North to North-
                   acacia forest, exotic pine                         Undulating
                                                    West.
      North        plantations, cypress pine                        (>5% to 10%)         11.5        MEDIUM*
                    forests, wallum heath.       Hazard Score
                                                                   Hazard Score 2
                                                     3.5
                       Hazard Score 6

                    Paperbark heath and
                                                 East to South
                   swamps, eucalypt forest                            Undulating
                                                  and all land
      West          with dry-shrub ladder                           (>5% to 10%)         10           MEDIUM
                                                under 5% slope.
                            fuels.                                 Hazard Score 2
                                                Hazard Score 0
                       Hazard Score 8

   Note:
   * Bushfire risks on lands to the east and north are actively managed by QPWS and, therefore, the Bushfire
   Hazards for these lands are likely to be lower than those calculated.



It was evident from the assessment of adjacent lands that the bushfire risk on surrounding properties
was Medium to the north, east and west. Importantly, however, QPWS are proactively managing the
risk of Bushfire from the National Park to the north and the State Forest on adjacent land to the east
and the actual bushfire hazard associated with these lands is likely to be lower than those calculated.




 S50335ER002 BFA                                                    10 & 22 Rose Gum Road and 521 Elm Street,
                                                                                              Black Mountain