Response to Info Request -Attachment 7 - Bushfire Report MCU18-0015 & RAL18-0001 · MCU18/0015

3.5        Fuel Accumulation Assessment – Fuel Areas 4 and 6 Wet Gully




Figure 8. Fuel Accumulation Assessment – Fuel Area 3
Fuel hazard estimate                                      Assessment according to Hines et al 2010
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Date: 11 April 2018
Layer                              Rating      Description / Comments                                 Equivalent fuel
                                                                                                      load
                                                                                                      t/ha
Surface and near surface            Low        Low litter bed 10 mm, with Moderate NS fuels, mainly            5
                                               weeds – asparagus fern, with some bracken fern
Elevated                         Moderate      Brushbox and Acacia recruiters and umbrella palm …              2
                                               most fuel at the top of the layer
Bark                               Low         Bangalow Palms and Figs.                                       0
Overall rating                   Very High                                                                  7t/ha

Table 3. Fuel Assessment Fuel Areas 4 and 6.

Within the watercourse fragmentation of available fuel leads to low average fuel loads, with high moisture
more likely to retard fire rather than support it. A total available fuel value of 7t/ha (5t/ha of which is surface
and near surface fuel) is applied to site specific fire modelling in Section 6.




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