Att 5. BAL Report - 555 Louis Bazzo Dr

3.3      Fuel Accumulation Assessment – Vegetation Community 1




Figure 5. Fuel Accumulation Assessment – Vegetation Community / Fuel Area 1
 Fuel hazard estimate                                     Assessment according to Hines et al 2010
 Date: 29th June 2021
 Layer                             Rating      Description / Comments                                   Equivalent fuel
                                                                                                        load
                                                                                                        t/ha
 Surface and near surface         Very High     Very high litter bed 30 - 40mm with high NS fuels as          16 - 18
                                               Gahnia sp, Xanthorrhoea sp, Lomandra sp and fine
                                               native grasses.
 Elevated                           High       Canopy recruiters, Acacia sp, Lantana sp, Casuarina sp          3-5
                                               High oil shrubs. Brush against vegetation much of the
                                               time.
 Bark                               Low        Mainly low bark hazard L.confertus, E. grandis,                    0
                                               C.intermedia.
 Overall rating                   Very High                                                                 20 - 23t/ha

Table 1. Fuel Assessment - Vegetation Community / Fuel Area 1

Vegetation community 1 is most representative of mapped Regional Ecosystem 12.11.2. The default total
available fuel load values attributed by State Government to Vegetation Hazard Class 8.1 is 35t/ha, 31t/ha of
which is surface and near surface fuel, and these values have been applied to site specific fire modelling as
required under Method 2 of AS3959-2018, in Section 6.3 of this Assessment. Note that these fuel loads are
greater than those assessed, representing a degree of redundancy in design.


Report compiled by Bushfire Risk Reducers for Mr Tim Olah, June 2021                                    Page 10