Att 5. BAL Report - 555 Louis Bazzo Dr

3.4      Fuel Accumulation Assessment – Vegetation Community 2




Figure 6. Fuel Accumulation Assessment – Vegetation Community / Fuel Area 2
 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    High litter bed 30mm with high NS fuels as Gahnia sp,          13 - 15
                                               Xanthorrhoea sp, Lomandra sp and fine native grasses.
 Elevated                           High       Canopy recruiters, Acacia sp, Lantana sp, Casuarina sp          3-4
                                               High oil shrubs. Brush against vegetation some of the
                                               time.
 Bark                               High       Fibrous barks E.tindaliae. Otherwise mainly low bark            1-2
                                               hazard L.confertus, E. grandis, C.intermedia.
 Overall rating                   Very High                                                                 17 - 21t/ha

Table 2. Fuel Assessment - Vegetation Community / Fuel Area 2

Vegetation community 2 is most representative of mapped Regional Ecosystem 12.11.16. The default total
available fuel load values attributed by State Government to Vegetation Hazard Class 8.2 is 23.8t/ha, 21.1t/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.

Report compiled by Bushfire Risk Reducers for Mr Tim Olah, June 2021                                    Page 11