Appendix B - Bushfire Hazard Assessment

                                             TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0             INTRODUCTION......................................................................................1
       1.1      PURPOSE......................................................................................................................................1
       1.2      ASSESSMENT AREA .......................................................................................................................1
       1.3      NOOSA COUNCIL BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY.................................................................................3
       1.4      STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY .....................................................................4
       1.5      SURROUNDING LAND USES ............................................................................................................4
       1.6      TOPOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................................5
       1.7      VEGETATION ................................................................................................................................7

2.0             BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT ..........................................................10
       2.1      STATE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 10
                2.1.1       General ....................................................................................................................... 10
                2.1.2       Vegetation Hazard Classes ....................................................................................... 10
                2.1.3       Maximum Landscape Slope ...................................................................................... 10
                2.1.4       Fire Danger Index ...................................................................................................... 11

3.0             LOCAL HAZARD MAP ............................................................................12
       3.1      GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 12
       3.2      PATCH AND CORRIDOR FILTERING ................................................................................................ 12
       3.3      CALCULATION OF POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY ........................................................................ 13

4.0             CONCLUSION ...................................................................................17

5.0             REFERENCES ...................................................................................18




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