MCU21-0134 - Approved Bushfire Management Plan

Bushfire Management Plan v1                                                           NCES REF: J000953
Lot 189 on MCH1261 – 64 Reserve St, Pomona




4    BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES

4.1 General
The following section describes bushfire impact reduction measures to be incorporated into the
proposed development to reduce the risk of bushfire impacts to people and property. Implementation
of the identified measures is not implied nor intended to advocate that building occupants remain on
the site during a bushfire event, nor that people and property will be protected from bushfire impacts.
The measures are intended to reduce the potential severity of bushfire impact to the development
and not prevent bushfire impact. The bushfire mitigation measures have been derived from:
    •    Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning’s State
         Planning Policy – State interest guidance material – Natural hazards, risk and resilience –
         Bushfire (December 2019) (referenced herein as SPP (Bushfire) 2019); and
    •    Queensland Fire and Emergency Services. (2019). Planning for Bushfire Resilient
         Communities.

4.2 Asset Protection Zones
4.2.1    General
Asset Protection Zones (APZ) provide a defensive tool to assist in the reduction of potential bushfire
impact to people and property situated in bushfire prone areas. For illustrative purposes, Plate 9
depicts the concept of an APZ surrounding a dwelling in a bushfire prone areas.




                                             Plate 9 – Asset Protection Zones

The development has been confirmed to be located within a bushfire hazard area hence provision
of adequate separation between the proposed works and the hazardous vegetation located on all
sides is required to provide a reasonable level of safety to site occupants and emergency services
staff.
The configuration of APZ’s is typically determined based on the results of the site-specific hazard
assessment including risk of bushfire impact, flame length analysis, potential AS3959-2018 Bushfire
Attack Levels and SPP Bushfire 2019 Assessment Benchmark setback requirements (Refer section
4.2.3)

4.2.2    State Planning Policy – State Interest Guidance Material (Natural Hazards, Risks and
         Resilience – Bushfire) December 2019
Assessment Benchmark 4 of the State Planning Policy – state interest guidance material references
benchmark separations for new developments however for consistency, can be used to ascertain
suitable separations for new buildings on existing lots.
Assessment Benchmark 4 states:
Development supports, and does not hinder, disaster management response or recovery capacity
or capabilities. Where reconfiguring a lot creating lots of greater (or less) than 2000 square metres:
To ensure emergency access and operational space for firefighters the subdivision layout results in


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