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Reference Document - 152000.200053.3 - Bushfire Fire Risk Assessment (As Published)
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Bushfire Risk Assessment v3 NCES REF: J001433
Select Areas of Noosa Springs Residential Estate, Noosa Heads
Calculated December 23, 2025, 5:29 pm (MDc v.4.9)
Area 4 SU6 VHC 8.1
Minimum Distance Calculator - AS3959-2018 (Method 2)
Inputs Outputs
Fire Danger Index 48 Rate of spread 1.91 km/h
Vegetation
Forest Flame length 16.63 m
Classification
Understorey fuel load 31 t/ha Flame angle 41 °, 46 °, 52 °, 57 °, 59 ° & 73 °
5.23 m, 5.71 m, 6.22 m, 6.56 m, 6.67 m &
Total fuel load 35 t/ha Elevation of receiver
7.08 m
Vegetation height n/a Fire intensity 34,596 kW/m
Effective slope 1° Transmissivity 0.878, 0.866, 0.85, 0.834, 0.826 & 0.771
0.597, 0.4395, 0.2928, 0.1956, 0.1588 &
Site slope 1° Viewfactor
0.0424
Minimum distance to < 40
Flame width 20 m 12.4 m
kW/m²
Minimum distance to < 29
Windspeed n/a 15 m
kW/m²
Minimum distance to < 19
Heat of combustion 18,600 kJ/kg 18.9 m
kW/m²
Minimum distance to < 12.5
Flame temperature 1,090 K 23.3 m
kW/m²
Minimum distance to < 10 25.9 m
Plate 22 – Area 4 VHC 8.1 – Moist to Dry open forest - 1º
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