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

 

 

       

~ Plate 20 — Screenshot showing which elements of the proposed development intercept the confirmed
bushfire prone area

 

 

Domestic Water

Domestic
water outlet
Fire fighting
outlet

  

 

 

 

Plate 21 —- Example Static Water Supply tank design for firefighting purposes (Source: Kingspan Group
2021)

5.4 Fire Breaks

The provision of fire breaks and fire trails within a site located in a bushfire prone area offers
an important bushfire defence measure to assist in reducing the risk and severity of bushfire
ingress onto and through a site. In this instance, the location of the proposed buildings at
significant distance from the confirmed hazardous vegetation, and dominance of low hazard
vegetation about the buildings (i.e., golf course area, sports fields, and permaculture fields),
negates the requirement for a formal firebreak to be adopted between the buildings and the
identified hazardous vegetation.

It is noted that given the existing use of the site (golf course) and gentle grades across the site
(1-5 degrees) it is expected that emergency access to the hazardous vegetation by standard

 

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