AA1345BFIRE Revision 2

13.35 Water supply for fire fighting
O8 An adequate and            S8.1 For premises not in a    The development will be
accessible water supply is    water service area – each     connected to a reticulated water
provided for fire fighting    lot has an accessible da,     supply.
purposes                      swimming pool or water
                              tank accessible by the fire
                              brigade tat contains at
                              least 5000 litres of water.
13.36 Vehicle access and fire trails
Firebreaks and fire           S9.1 Firebreaks are           Internal access roads within the
access tracks                 provided by –                 proposed development will
O9 Firebreaks or fire         a) a cleared road reserve     provide vehicle access to the
access tracks provide –       not less than 20m wide        majority of the perimeter
a) adequate access for        located around the            between buildings and
firefighting and other        perimeter of the              hazardous vegetation. The
emergency vehicles: and       development;                  roads will be formed pavement
b) adequate width to          OR                            and provide passing and
minimise the risk of fire     b) fire access tracks         turnaround areas.
crossover.                    between the development
                              and surrounding vegetated
                              lands that –
                              i) are a minimum cleared
                              width of 6m;
                              ii) have a maximum grade
                              of 1 in 8 (12.5%);
                              iii) have a formed
                              pavement;
                              iv) have access at each
                              end and in other locations
                              where necessary;
                              v) have passing areas and
                              turning areas;
                              vi) have clearly identified
                              access points for
                              emergency vehicles; and
                              vii) are located on public
                              land or within access
                              easements that are
                              granted in favour of the
                              Sunshine Coast Regional
                              Council (sic) and the
                              Queensland Fire and
                              Rescue Service.




AA1345BFIRE                                Rev. 2                                   Page 3 of 3
April 2016
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