Bushfire Report

                                 Ecological Natural Area Management

10 Appendices.............................................................................................................................................. 22
    10.1 Appendix 1: Regional Ecosystem full descriptions........................................................................22
    10.2 Appendix 2: Printout reports from the bushfire behaviour modelling software..............................23
    10.3 Appendix 3: Qualifications and experience of the author..............................................................25
    10.4 Appendix 4: The fire run paper by Tan (2006)...............................................................................26


                                                                  List of Figures
Figure 1: Proposed site plan ............................................................................................................................ 8
Figure 2: Excerpt from The Noosa Plan Bushfire Overlay showing the house in a Potential Bushfire Impact
Buffer area........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Figure 3: Drone aerial photography acquired on 14 November 2021 showing the native forest vegetation, lot
configuration, rural residential areas, 5m contour lines and mapped watercourses........................................10
Figure 4: Map of the Queensland Vegetation Management Act conservation status of the mapped Regional
Ecosystems near the house............................................................................................................................ 11
Figure 5: View north of the house showing a cleared separation to forest vegetation confirmed as Notophyll
Vine Forest (rainforest)................................................................................................................................... 12
Figure 6: View west of the house showing a cleared separation to forest vegetation confirmed as Notophyll
Vine Forest (rainforest)................................................................................................................................... 12
Figure 7: View south of the house showing a cleared separation to forest vegetation confirmed as Notophyll
Vine Forest (rainforest)................................................................................................................................... 12
Figure 8: Map of the locations of the visually assessed vegetation ...............................................................13
Figure 9: Excerpt from The Noosa Plan Biodiversity Overlay showing the areas near the house with
Conservation Significance or MSES values.................................................................................................... 14
Figure 10: Map showing the modelled bushfire attacks..................................................................................16
Figure 11: Methodologies for minimising the lodgement points for burning debris around the house.............19

                                                                   List of Tables
Table 1: Regional Ecosystems near the house............................................................................................... 11
Table 2: Conservation significance of the Remnant Regional Ecosystems near the house............................14
Table 3: Assessed Bushfire Attack Levels for the modelled bushfire attacks..................................................17




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

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