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Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2 NCES REF: J000542
Lot 9 on RP225312 — 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION 4

1.1 BACKGROUND 4
1.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE INTENSITY OVERLAY MAP 4
1.3. DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL 4
2 SITE DESCRIPTION 5

2.1 GENERAL 5
2.2 TOPOGRAPHY 5
2.3. VEGETATION WITHIN THE SITE 6
2.4 VEGETATION EXTERNAL OF THE SITE 6
2.5 PAST FIRE HISTORY 7
3 HAZARD ASSESSMENT 8

3.1 HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 8
3.1.1 LOCAL HAZARD AREA MAP 8
3.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES . 9
3.2.1 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 22.1 — MELALEUCA OPEN FORESTS ON SEASONALLY INUNDATED
LOWLAND COASTAL SWAMPS 9
3.2.2. VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 29.2 — WOODLANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HEATHLANDS, SCRUBS AND
SHRUBLANDS 9
3.2.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 34.5 — SEDGELAND DOMINATED WETLANDS 10
3.2.4 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 39.2 — LOW TO MODERATE TREE COVER IN BUILT UP AREAS 10
3.3. POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY CLASSES 13
3.4 BUSHFIRE HAZARD SUB-UNITS 13
3.5 | OVERALL LOCAL HAZARD MAP 13
3.6 QUANTITATIVE MODELLING 16
4 BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT 20

4.1 METHODOLOGY 20
4.2 RISK FROM IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS VEGETATION 21
5 BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES 25

5.1 GENERAL 25
5.2 ASSET PROTECTION ZONES 25
5.2.1 GENERAL 25
5.2.2. AGED CARE FACILITY — ‘VULNERABLE USE’ SETBACK 25
5.3. WATER SUPPLY 26
5.4 FIRE BREAKS 26
5.5 VEHICULAR ACCESS 27
5.6 LANDSCAPING AND REGROWTH 28
5.7 GENERAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 29
5.8 BUSHFIRE EVACUATION 29
6 AUSTRALIAN STANDARD 3959:2018 CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN

BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS (AS 3959:2018) SETBACKS 30

7 LEGISLATION AND OVERLAYS 32

 

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