2021-02-09 P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 2 - Draft Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Fire Management Plan 2021

                                                                                           New risk rating
                               Consequence




                                             Risk rating
                  Likelihood




                                                                           mitigation
                                             M-Medium

                                             E-Extreme




                                                                           Proposed
                                                           controls
                                                           Current
 Hazard




                                             H-High
                                             L-Low
 On-reserve
 Bushfire        Possible      Moderate      M-52          Monitoring of   Park closures   M-28
 hazard to                                                 Fire Danger     during
 staff and                                                 Index and       severe,
 contractors                                               notifications   extreme or
                                                           to staff        catastrophic
                                                                           fire weather
 Bushfire        Possible      Minor         M-28          Monitoring of   Park closures   L-8
 hazard to                                                 Fire Danger     during
 volunteers                                                Index and       severe,
                                                           information     extreme or
                                                           to volunteers   catastrophic
                                                                           fire weather
 Bushfire        Unlikely      Minor         L-20          Monitoring of   Park closures   L-4
 hazard to                                                 Fire Danger     during
 visitors                                                  Index and       severe,
                                                           information     extreme or
                                                           to visitors     catastrophic
                                                                           fire weather
 Loss of         Possible      Moderate      H-52          Planned         Introduce       M-28
 biodiversity                                              burns, fire     ecological
 through                                                   trails and      burning
 inappropriate                                             fuel            program and
 fire                                                      reduction       develop fire
 frequencies/                                              zones           trails/FRZ to
 intensity                                                                 meet
                                                                           standards

 Off-reserve within 100m buffer
 Bushfire         Possible     Major         E-76          Planned         Introduce       M-28
 hazard to                                                 burns, fire     hazard
 neighbour life                                            trails, fuel    reduction
 and property                                              reduction       burning
                                                           zones,          program and
                                                           neighbour       develop fire
                                                           education       trails/FRZ to
                                                                           meet
                                                                           standards
 Total risk                                  228                                           96
 rating

Table 2. An example of bushland reserve bushfire risk assessment and the proposed risk mitigation
measures. Note these scores have not had weightings applied.




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