Annexure C Bushfire risk assessment and Disaster Managment plan

                                Ecological Natural Area Management



                                                            Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary.................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Introduction................................................................................................................................................. 7
    2.1 The reasons for the Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan............................................7
    2.2 Commissioning of the Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan........................................7
    2.3 The aim of the Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan....................................................7
3 Site description........................................................................................................................................... 8
    3.1 Location............................................................................................................................................ 8
    3.2 Topography....................................................................................................................................... 9
    3.3 Assessed Bushfire Status................................................................................................................. 9
    3.4 Climate............................................................................................................................................ 10
4 Site vegetation.......................................................................................................................................... 11
    4.1 Site aerial photo.............................................................................................................................. 11
    4.2 Mapped Remnant Regional Ecosystems........................................................................................ 12
    4.3 Map of the visually assessed vegetation.........................................................................................13
5 Bushfire risk assessment........................................................................................................................ 14
   5.1 Bushfire hazard mitigation potential solutions.................................................................................14
   5.2 Bushfire hazard mitigation considerations:.....................................................................................14
   5.3 Assessment of the bushfire hazard mitigation potential solutions...................................................14
   5.4 Assessment of radiant heat loads on the beach.............................................................................14
   5.5 Assessment of fuel loads................................................................................................................ 15
   5.6 Assessment of radiant heat loads................................................................................................... 15
   5.7 Map of areas with less than 2.1kW/m2........................................................................................... 16
6 Bushfire risk mitigation recommendations............................................................................................17
   6.1 Considerations................................................................................................................................ 17
   6.2 Recommendations.......................................................................................................................... 17
7 References................................................................................................................................................ 18
8 Appendices................................................................................................................................................ 19
   8.1 Appendix 1: Regional Ecosystem full descriptions..........................................................................19
   8.2 Appendix 2: Software reports from the bushfire behaviour modelling.............................................21
   8.3 Appendix 3: Qualifications and experience of the author................................................................26




Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan – Noosa North Shore Beach Campground Upgrade                                                         March 2017

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