Appendix D - Bushfire Assessment · RAL26/0026

                                           TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0           INTRODUCTION......................................................................................1
       1.1    PURPOSE......................................................................................................................................1
       1.2    ASSESSMENT AREA .......................................................................................................................1
       1.3    STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE PRONE AREA OVERLAY ..............................................................3
       1.4    NOOSA COUNCIL BUSHFIRE OVERLAY..............................................................................................4
       1.5    SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE ...........................................................................................................5
       1.6    TOPOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................................6
       1.7    VEGETATION ................................................................................................................................7
              1.7.1       Open Eucalypt Forest ..................................................................................................8
              1.7.2       Open Melaleuca Forest ................................................................................................9
              1.7.3       Mowed/grazed areas with low density woody vegetation........................................ 10

2.0           BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT ..........................................................11
       2.1    STATE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 11
              2.1.1       General ....................................................................................................................... 11
              2.1.2       Vegetation Hazard Classes ....................................................................................... 11
              2.1.3       Maximum Landscape Slope ...................................................................................... 12
              2.1.4       Fire Danger Index ...................................................................................................... 12

3.0           LOCAL HAZARD MAP ............................................................................13
       3.1    GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 13
       3.2    PATCH AND CORRIDOR FILTERING ................................................................................................ 13
       3.3    CALCULATION OF POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY ........................................................................ 14

4.0           BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT ................................................................18
       4.1    GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 18
       4.2    SEASONAL FIRE WEATHER – SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND ................................................................. 18
       4.3    RISK FROM IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS VEGETATION ......................................................................... 19

5.0           BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION .............................................................21
       5.1    GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 21
       5.2    SETBACKS................................................................................................................................... 21
              5.2.1       Asset Protection Zone Design .................................................................................. 22
       5.3    FIREBREAKS ................................................................................................................................ 23
       5.4    WATER SUPPLY ........................................................................................................................... 23
       5.5    VEHICULAR ACCESS ..................................................................................................................... 23

6.0           NOOSA PLAN 2020 – BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY CODE .......................24

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