Reference Document Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan 131998.981.5

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v4 NCES REF: J001061
Lot 7 on RP216403, Lot 394 on M371117, and Lot 650 on M37380 — 48-59 Kabi Road, Cootharaba

3.2 Vegetation Hazard Classes

The following vegetation hazard classes (classified in accordance with QFES (2019)) were identified
within the assessment area which includes a 150m buffer surrounding the site:

e Vegetation Hazard Class 2.1 — Complex to simple, semi-deciduous mesophyll to notophyll
vine forest;

e Vegetation Hazard Class 8.1 — Wet eucalypt tall open forest;

e Vegetation Hazard Class 9.1 — Moist to dry eucalypt open forests on coastal lowlands and
ranges;

e Vegetation Hazard Class 22.1 — Melaleuca open forests on seasonally inundated lowlands

coastal swamps;

Vegetation Hazard Class 24.1 — Acacia open forest on residuals;

Vegetation Hazard Class 36.1 — Exotic & hardwood plantation;

Vegetation Hazard Class 39.2 — Low to moderate tree cover in built-up areas; and

Vegetation Hazard Class 43.6 — Water bodies or very low vegetation cover.

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Plan BF01 — Vegetation Hazard Classes depicts the VHC distribution across the assessment area
with the characteristics of the observed vegetation hazard classes described thereafter.

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