Bushfire Report

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


1 Executive Summary
A house to be established at 411 Black Pinch Rd, Cootharaba, Queensland in the Noosa Council
jurisdiction is mapped in a Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer area on The Noosa Plan Bushfire Overlay
and Queensland Potential Bushfire Intensity mapping. Therefore, the house is deemed to potentially
be in a Bushfire Prone Area and an assessment of the bushfire risk to the building and a bushfire risk
management plan is required.
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.
Assessment of the Bushfire Attack Level
The Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) for the house using Method 2 of Australian Standard AS3959
Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas was assessed as:
    • BAL 12.5 for all building elevations.
Assessment of vegetation clearing
    •    No clearing of vegetation with conservation significance is required for bushfire risk
         mitigation in this plan
Recommendations
Recommendations for the Noosa Plan Bushfire Overlay Code
As the house location is in a Potential bushfire Impact Buffer area, it is recommended that:
    •    The house is sited in a low hazard area in the lot and achieves a setback of 10 metres from
         any retained vegetation.
As the house location is in a Potential bushfire Impact Buffer area and a reliable reticulated water
supply is not available,
It is recommended that:
    •    The premises to have a minimum water supply capacity of 5,000 litres dedicated for fire
         fighting purposes which is sourced from a separate tank, a reserve section in the bottom
         part of the main water supply tank, a swimming pool installed immediately upon
         construction or a permanent dam.
Recommendations for Australian Standard AS3959
Australian Standard AS3959 Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas specifies Deemed to
Satisfy bushfire resistant methodologies based on the assessed Bushfire Attack Level.
It is recommended that:
    •    The building solution for all building elevations to address the Deemed to Satisfy
         requirements of Sections 3 and 5 of Australian Standard AS3959-2018 Construction of
         buildings in bushfire-prone areas.




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

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