Bushfire Report

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


2 Introduction
2.1       The reasons for the Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan
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.

2.2       Commissioning of the Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan
Ecological Natural Area Management has been commissioned to prepare a Bushfire Risk
Assessment and Bushfire Risk Management Plan to fulfil the above requirements. See Appendix 3
for demonstration that the author is a “qualified and experienced consultant with appropriate and
proven technical expertise in the preparation of bushfire hazard assessment reports and
management plans”.

2.3       The aim of the Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan
The aim of this bushfire impact assessment report is to achieve appropriate levels of bushfire
protection for the developed properties while maintaining ecological sustainability.
Bushfire protection for buildings in bushfire prone areas is best achieved using a mix of:
      •Fire resistant building technologies in the structures.
      •Fire resistant methodologies in the structures such as minimising ember lodgement points
      •Providing and appropriate fire break between the developed properties and flammable
       vegetation.
    • Appropriate building siting for bushfire protection
    • Fuel management in the flammable vegetation near the developed properties while
       maintaining ecological values of the vegetation habitat.
    • Fuel management between the flammable vegetation and the developed properties.
    • Maintenance of ecological and habitat values of any vegetation subject to vegetation
       management for bushfire risk management.
To achieve the aim, the Plan will conduct bushfire assessments against the applicable legislative
requirements and make recommendations that address the requirements of these legislation.

2.4       Legislative considerations
      •    Queensland Planning Act,
      •    Queensland Vegetation Management Act,
      •    Queensland Building Act
      •    Queensland State Planning Policy 2017 and,
      •    The Noosa Plan 2020

2.5       Other regulatory considerations
      •    The National Construction Code of Australia and
      •    Australian Standard AS 3959-2018 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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