Attachment H - Bushfire Management Plan v3

Vegetation communities surrounding the proposed development were referenced against
mapped RE’s in the general vicinity, and Vegetation Hazard Classifications and Potential Fire-
line Intensity calculations as detailed in the CSIRO (2014) report. Potential Fuel Load
calculations were undertaken on site to validate vegetation classifications and subsequently
potential bushfire hazard to the proposed development.

Vegetation ecotones result in varying fuel load availability. Subsequently, vegetation
communities have been referenced against predominant vegetation with highest fuel loads.
Observed vegetation communities are described in Table 1. Site vegetation is in the
immediate vicinity of the built structures of the proposed development are understood to be
managed based on setback requirements determined by his assessment. The following
‘directions of hazard’ are referenced against the relevant proposed development structures.
Setback requirements, and building construction standards, in these directions are detailed
in Section 3.1.
                                  Table 1 Vegetation Hazard Classifications
 Direction of      Vegetation           DNRM          Vegetation        Potential        Potential   Potential
  Bushfire      Description (Sub-      Regional      Hazard Class       Fuel Load        Fire-line   Bushfire
   Hazard       Unit – if relevant)   Ecosystem (CSIRO, 2014)             (t/ha)         Intensity    Hazard
                                                                                          (kw/m)
North           Wet        Eucalypt   RE:12.3.2    Class    16.1:     20t/ha            17,508       Medium
through         Forest,     shrubby                Eucalypt           (calc.)     (5
Northwest       understorey,                       dominated          deg. slope)
(Male 1-10 &    transition to vine                 forest      on
Server          forest understorey                 drainage lines
accom.)         to        northwest                and    alluvial
                fragmented      and                plains
                modified         by
                adjacent land uses
Northeast       Wet Eucalypt open     RE: 12.9-    Class 12.1 Dry     21 t/ha (5        19,303       Medium
through East    forest community,     10.17        Eucalypt open      deg. slope)
                shrubby                            forests      on
                understorey                        sandstone and
                                                   shallow soils
Southwest       Mixed Melaleuca       NA           Class     21.1:    14.9t/ha (3       8,465        Medium
(Female 1-7     sp.       woodland                 Melaleuca dry      deg. Slope)
&     Server    transitioning   to                 open forest on
accom.)         Eucalypt Woodland                  sandplains or
                to south                           depositional
                                                   plains
Southeast       Dry Eucalypt open     RE:12.9-     Class     16.2:    12.5t/ha          4,843        Medium
through         woodland,             10.17        Eucalypt
south           fragmented       by                dominated
                former land uses                   woodland on
                                                   drainage lines
                                                   and     alluvial
                                                   plains
West            Dry Eucalypt open     RE:12.9-     Class     16.1:    15.9/ha           8,996        Medium
                woodland        to    10.17        Eucalypt
                forest,      some                  dominated

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