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                 FIGURE 6: PHOTOGRAPH OF MAPPED BUSHFIRE PRONE AREA SHOWING OPEN PASTURE AND
                 SCATTERED TREES.

                 As per Leonard et al. (2014), the Potential Fuel Load assigned to each Vegetation Hazard
                 Class is generally representative of the higher fuel load expected for the typical vegetation
                 types, landscape and site conditions within each Vegetation Hazard Class. This Potential Fuel
                 Load of each Vegetation Hazard Class would approximate the 80th percentile fuel load of the
                 “long unburnt condition” for the class (generally greater than 10 years without burning).
                 Modelled fuel loads for each of the amended VHCs were unchanged from the loads
                 recommended by Bushfire Resilient Communities (Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
                 2019). Fuel loads for modelled VHCs were as per the Bushfire Resilient
                 Communities (Queensland Fire and Emergency Services 2019); with hybrid or complex
                 communities receiving the sum of the proportional fuel load of each constituent VHC (e.g.
                 remnant vegetation containing a mix of regional ecosystems). Areas containing unmanaged
                 regrowth or revegetation were mapped according to “long unburnt condition” for the class
                 i.e. the potential fuel load of the vegetation type at maturity. Map 7 indicates the modelled
                 fuel loads.



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Version: 1, Version Date: 13/01/2025