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

 Action                      Indicator               Responsibility       Timeframe            Cost
 Engage with key             Attend Area Fire        Council              As    per   AFMG     In-house
 stakeholders such           Management              Environmental        meeting schedule
 as QFES, QPWS               Groups (AFMG) as        Services             Engagement      as
 and      Traditional        required to inform                           required
 Owners on fire              Operation       Cool
 management                  Burn.
                             Engage           with
                             Traditional owners
                             on cultural burning
                             practices      where
                             appropriate
 Develop          multi-     3       multi-agency    Disaster             Annual               TBA/plan
 agency              fire    plans are developed     Management Branch                         consultant
 management plans            each year
 for key high risk
 localities          (11
 identified in total)


7.2      5-Year Fire Management Operational Plan
The Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Fire Management Plan 2021, through its bushfire risk
assessment process, identifies 60 reserves with very high to high risk ratings. For a complete listing
of the High and Very High priority reserves see Appendix 8.1. These reserves are targeted for
operational works to mitigate bushfire risk and are identified in a 5-year Operational Plan.

The final listing of high priority bushland reserves and FMUs are kept on a separate spreadsheet to
this Plan to allow annual updates. An example is shown below:

 Reserve name         Reserve risk         Priority   Fire   Risk mitigation        New      risk   Timing    of
                      rating               Management            Planned burn      rating          works
                      Red-Very high        Units (FMUs).         Fire trail        calculation     (fn/yr)
                      (70-100)             Identified   in       Fuel              after    risk
                      Brown-High           reserve    Fire          reduction       mitigation
                      (40-69)              Management               zone            treatment
                      Yellow-Medium        Plan (FMP) or         closures
                      (20-39)              through on-site
                      Green-Low            inspection
                      (0-19)
 Symplocus            76.8                 FMU 3             FMU 3 planned burn     53.2            Year 1
 Environment                               FMU 2             FMU 2 planned burn                     Year 5
 Reserve                                                     Close reserve during
                                                             severe and above
                                                             FDI

 Weyba Nature         41.6                 FMU 4             FMU 4 planned burn     19.6            Year 2
 Refuge                                                      FMU 3 & 1                              Year 5
                                                             Close reserve during
                                                             severe and above
                                                             FDI
 Sundial              31.2                 FMU 1             FMU 1 planned burn     19.6            ongoing
 Bushland
 Reserve

 Cooroy Creek         18.4                 No     planned    No planned action      18.4            N/A
 Bushland                                  action
 Reserve

Table 7. An example of the reserve risk assessment informs management actions.


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