Approved Reference Documents - 132001.210127.3

Bushfire Evacuation Plan v1 NCES REF: J000542
Lot 9 on RP225312 — 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads

e Monitor relevant websites, local media and public service announcements regarding
the fire situation.

5. Precautions for a prevailing Catastrophic fire danger index.

e The facility is not to accept new visitors under these conditions as the risk is considered
too great.

e Staff, occupants and visitors are aware of evacuation procedures.
e Ensure that water points are functional.

e Ensure internal access roads are unobstructed and can accommodate the expected
traffic.

e Ensure that vehicles are parked in such a way as to facilitate the prompt and safe
egress of vehicles to the shelter in place location and if need be from the site (i.e.,
vehicles not being parked or positioned in a manner which impedes traffic flow.

e Staff, occupants and visitors to be verbally warned by Fire Wardens of the potential
risk.

e Ensure that signage informing personnel of the evacuation routes in the event of a
bushfire are provided on site.

e Stay informed of any local bushfires and determine the level of threat to the site by
contacting the local Fire Brigade.

e Monitor relevant websites, local media and public service announcements regarding
the fire situation.

Additional precautions where the presence of an uncontrolled fire is within 10km of the
site.

e Stay informed of the fire’s progress and determine the level of threat to the subject site
by contacting the local Fire Control Staff (i.e., the Noosa Heads Fire & Rescue Station)
and monitor announcements regarding the fire situation via QFES public notifications.

e Alert staff and site occupants to the presence of a fire and the possibility of an
evacuation.

Additional precautions where the presence of an uncontrolled fire is within 5km of the
site.

e Alert staff and site occupants to the presence of a fire and advise them to pack up their
belongings in preparation for imminent evacuation as directed by the relevant
emergency service (depending on position of fire and projected burn pathway).

e Implement evacuation as directed by the relevant emergency service (depending on
position of fire and projected burn pathway).

e Advise the relevant emergency services of the instigation of site evacuation and the
numbers involved.

A copy of the QFES Get Ready Guide is provided as Appendix 1 and the management
measures described therein form a component of the general evacuation protocols to be

employed during a bushfire emergency and as part of general preparedness for such an
emergency.

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