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

7. Fire Management Planning
7.1      Fire Management Action Plan
The following Action Plan supports the Noosa Environment Strategy 2019 in 2 key areas:

Theme 1 Biodiversity
Strategy 1.1: Protect and enhance existing ecosystems, vegetation networks and habitats

Theme 2 Climate change adaptation and resilience
Strategy 4.1 Increase community resilience and capacity to adapt to climate change

 Action                     Indicator                Responsibility       Timeframe               Cost
 Develop procedures         Staff     implement      Council              20/21 and ongoing       In-house
 for staff to respond       procedures during        Environmental        each year
 to severe, extreme,        severe and above         Services       and
 catastrophic        fire   fire weather             Disaster
 weather including                                   Management Branch
 increased fire trail
 inspections       and
 reserve and trail
 closures for high to
 very high priority
 reserves
 Develop                a   The development of       Council              20/21                   TBA
 Community                  a         Community      Environmental
 Engagement Plan            Engagement Plan,         Services, Disaster
 with     actions      to   Interactive mapping      Management
 include             the    and Statements of        Branch,
 development of:            Management Intent        QFES
 -Interactive               for priority reserves
 mapping that the           are completed
 public can access to
 view Council’s 5-
 year                fire
 management
 operational plan for
 individual reserves.
 -Statements           of
 Management Intent
 for priority reserves
 with                fire
 management
 information
 Revise        reserve      Operational Plan is      Council              Ongoing each year       In-house
 priorities and Fire        updated    on   an       Environmental        prior to budget
 Management Unit            annual basis             Services             process
 (FMU)        priorities
 based       on     risk
 mitigation activities
 and updated climate
 change information
 Implement bushfire         Maintenance        and   Council              Planned        burns    TBA over 5
 mitigation      works      expansion of fire        Environmental        autumn-winter           years
 including planned          trails/FRZ         and   Services             Fire trails/FRZ prior   Additional
 burns, fire trail/FRZ      planned burns are                             to wet season           maintenance
 maintenance       and      conducted as per                                                      costs
 expansion as per 5-        identified priorities                                                 TBA/annum
 Year      Operational
 Plan.

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