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

                            valley floors of parabolic dunes. (BVG1M: 3a)           create a running fire into vine forest. Ensuring
                                                                                    conditions of good soil moisture and moisture
                            Vegetation Hazard Class (VHC) 4.1 4.5t/ha Total         of litter in surrounding communities will limit
                            Available Fuel Load (State Default Value)               fire behaviour/intensity.
                                                                                    ISSUES: Fire sensitive and not normally
                                                                                    flammable. Some preliminary work suggests
                                                                                    rainforest seedling germination from planned
                             Major vegetation communities include:
                                                                                    burning activities will assist the establishment
                            12.2.1a: Archontophoenix cunninghamiana,
                                                                                    of seedlings in newly burnt areas, especially
                            Livistona australis, Melicope elleryana closed-forest
                                                                                    due to smoke. There may be issues with
                            Occurs at the base of high dunes. (BVG1M: 3a)
                                                                                    lantana and other weeds from fire and other
                                                                                    disturbance. Remnants may be limited by
                                                                                    frequent fire at the margins; this requires
                                                                                    further research.

 RE 12.2.5                  Open-forest to low closed forest. Species can include   STRATEGY: Do not burn deliberately. Burn
                            Corymbia intermedia, C. tessellaris, Banksia            surrounding ecosystems in conditions that
 Of Least Concern           integrifolia subsp. integrifolia, B. aemula, Acacia     would minimise fire incursion.
                            spp., Lophostemon confertus, Callitris columellaris,    ISSUES: Protection relies on broad-scale
                            Livistona spp. and Endiandra sieberi. Melaleuca         management of surrounding country. Triggers
                            quinquenervia in swales. Understorey generally          unrelated to fire appear to maintain a healthy
                            shrubby and can include vine forest species. Occurs     ecosystem. Issues with lantana and other
                            of Quaternary coastal dunes and beaches and sandy       weeds may result from fire and other
                            banks of coastal streams. (BVG1M: 9f)                   disturbance.



                            Vegetation Hazard Class (VHC) 9.1 24.1t/ha Total
                            Available Fuel Load (State Default Value)

                            Major vegetation communities include:
                            12.2.5a: Palustrine wetland (e.g. vegetated swamp).
                            Swales dominated by Melaleuca quinquenervia often
                            with Livistona spp. Occurs of Quaternary coastal
                            dune swales. (BVG1M: 22a)

                            Vegetation Hazard Class (VHC) 22.2 19.7t/ha Total
                            Available Fuel Load (State Default Value)



Table 4. Regional Ecosystems Descriptions and Fire Guidelines

The retained areas of forest vegetation are unlikely to be provided with managed fire, along with the
temporary hazard reduction benefits this brings.

Planning is not based on any assumptions regarding hazard reduction; and has to be based on fuel levels
reaching a long term maximum stable state, coinciding with ignition under worst case foreseeable fire weather
conditions.




4.1       Fire History and Frequency

This study found no indicators of prior fire. Occurrence of fire at some time has to be regarded as possible
although unlikely, potentially coinciding with maximum fuel accumulation and worst case fire weather
conditions.




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