Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2 - 48-59 Kabi Road COOTHARABA

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2                                                                                                                                                                      NCES REF: J001061
Lot 7 on RP216403, Lot 394 on M371117, and Lot 650 on M37380 – 48-59 Kabi Road, Cootharaba




 PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                                                     ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                                       PROPOSED SOLUTION

                                                                          Editor’s Note—Water supply capacity for firefighting purposes is in
                                                                          addition to water supply capacity for other uses and activities on the
                                                                          premises.

 Essential Community Infrastructure

 PO4                                                       AO4.1                                                                                    N/A - The proposed development does not involve essential community
 Essential community infrastructure is able to function Development involving essential community infrastructure is not                             infrastructure.
 effectively during and immediately after bushfire events. located within a medium or high bushfire hazard area.

                                                                          OR

                                                                          AO4.2
                                                                          Where located in a medium or high bushfire hazard area,
                                                                          development involving essential community infrastructure is designed
                                                                          to function effectively during and after a bushfire event in accordance
                                                                          with a Bushfire Hazard Management Plan.

                                                                          Editor’s Note— PSP8 Natural Hazards provides guidance for
                                                                          assessing bushfire hazard risk and preparing a bushfire hazard
                                                                          management plan.




 Hazardous Material

 PO5                                                                      AO5                                                             AO5 - The proposed development does not involve the manufacture or storage
 Public safety and the environment are not adversely                      Hazardous materials are not manufactured or stored in bulk in a of hazardous materials in bulk.
 affected by the impacts of bushfire on hazardous                         bushfire hazard area.
 materials manufacturing or storing in bulk.

 Access and Evacuation Routes

 PO6                                                     AO6.1                                                                                      AO6.3
 Roads provide for easy and safe evacuation of residents The road layout provides for through-roads and avoids cul-de-sacs
                                                                                                                                                    The road design currently comprises a sealed driveway from Kabi Road into the
 of premises and access by emergency services.           and dead-end roads.
                                                                                                                                                    site and includes numerous looping road sections. A secondary exit is not
                                                         OR
                                                                                                                                                    currently provided.
                                                         AO6.2
                                                         The development has a perimeter road reserve with a minimum width                          It is recommended a fire access trail is constructed along the south-east
                                                         of 20 metres and maximum gradient of 12.5%.                                                boundary of the site to connect to Cootharaba Downs Road which offers a
                                                         OR                                                                                         formed dirt/gravel road which connects through to Louis Bazzo Drive to the
                                                         AO6.3                                                                                      south.
                                                         Cul-de-sacs or no-through roads are provided with fire trails or access                    The road design, in conjunction with the recommendations set herein (refer
                                                         easements, which are capable of being navigated by conventional                            sections 5.3-5.5) is considered to provide for easy and safe evacuation of
                                                         vehicles and which link to through roads.
                                                                                                                                                    residents and access by emergency services.
                                                         AO6.4
                                                         Safe access and egress is available at all times to all of the
                                                         development for emergency vehicles and personnel.




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