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

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

4 INTRODUCTION 5

1.1 BACKGROUND 5
1.2. STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE INTENSITY OVERLAY MAP 5
1.3 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL 5
2 SITE DESCRIPTION 6

2.1 GENERAL 6
2.2 TOPOGRAPHY 6
2.3 VEGETATION WITHIN THE SITE 7
2.4 VEGETATION EXTERNAL OF THE SITE 7
3 HAZARD ASSESSMENT 9

3.1 HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 9
3.1.1. LOCAL HAZARD AREA MAP 9
3.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES 10
3.2.1 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 2.1 — COMPLEX TO SEMI-DECIDUOUS MESOPHYLL TO NOTOPHYLL
VINE FOREST 12
3.2.2. VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 8.1 — WET EUCALYPT TALL OPEN FOREST 12
3.2.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 9.1 — MOIST TO DRY EUCALYPT OPEN FORESTS ON COASTAL
LOWLANDS AND RANGES 13
3.2.4 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 22.1 — MELALEUCA OPEN FORESTS ON SEASONALLY INUNDATED
LOWLAND COASTAL SWAMPS 14
3.2.5 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 24.1 — ACACIA OPEN FOREST ON RESIDUALS 14
3.2.6 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 36.1 — EXOTIC & HARDWOOD PLANTATIONS 15
3.2.7 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 39.2 — LOW TO MODERATE TREE COVER IN BUILT UPAREAS = 15
3.2.8 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 43.6 — WATER BODIES OR VERY LOW VEGETATION COVER 15
3.3. POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY CLASSES 16
3.4 BUSHFIRE HAZARD SUB-UNITS 16
3.5 OVERALL LOCAL HAZARD MAP 16
3.6 QUANTITATIVE MODELLING 19
4 BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT 24

4.1 GENERAL 24
4.2 RISK FROM IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS VEGETATION 25
5 BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES 27

5.1 GENERAL 27
5.2 ASSET PROTECTION ZONES 27
5.2.1 GENERAL 27
5.2.2 NATURE BASED TOURISM — ‘VULNERABLE USES’ 27
5.3 WATER SUPPLY 28
5.4 FIRE BREAKS 29
5.5 VEHICULAR ACCESS 30
5.6 LANDSCAPING AND REGROWTH 32
5.7 GENERAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 32
5.8 BUSHFIRE EVACUATION 33

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