Bushfire Report

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


6 Bushfire risk assessment
As the house is mapped in a Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer area on the Noosa Plan Bushfire
hazard Overlay Map and Queensland Potential Bushfire Intensity mapping, this report will detail
bushfire hazard assessments for:
      •    The Noosa Plan,
      •    Australian Standard AS 3959 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas as
           referenced by the National Construction Code of Australia and
      •    Queensland State Planning Policy 2017.
6.1       Assessment of bushfire prone area
As the house is mapped in a Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer area on The Noosa Plan Bushfire
Overlay and Queensland Potential Bushfire Intensity mapping:
    • The house is deemed to be in a Bushfire Prone Area.
As the the house is in a Bushfire Prone Area, an assessment of the Bushfire Attack Level using
Australian Standard AS3959 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas is required to be
conducted as specified by the Queensland Building Act and the bushfire requirements of the
National Construction Code. Such a Bushfire Attack Level assessment is conducted on
subsequent pages of this report.

7 Assessment of the Bushfire Attack Level
7.1       Assessment of the Bushfire Attack Level: Methodology
The National Construction Code of Australia references Australian Standard AS3959 Construction
of buildings in bushfire-prone areas for Deemed to Satisfy building requirements for bushfire risk
management construction of buildings. This section assesses the construction Bushfire Attack
Level (BAL) for the house using Method 2 of Australian Standard AS3959 to determine a level of
construction required to achieve the objective of the Standard which is to “prescribe particular
construction details for buildings to reduce the risk of ignition from a bushfire while the fire front
passes” (Standards Australia, 2018). This report uses software developed by Newcastle Bushfire
Consulting which models the Bushfire Attack Level using Method 2 of Australian Standard AS3959.




Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan for a house at 411 Black Pinch Rd, Cootharaba   December 2021

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