Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan – v2                          NCES REF: ELK 2016-04
Lot 70 on M37807 – 28 Elkhorn Drive, Tewantin




4.1.4 Hazard Rating
Table 1 specifies the range of prescribed bushfire hazard severities and their respective total
hazard scores.

Table 1 – Hazard Score and Corresponding Severity of Bushfire Hazard (Table A3.4 of
Appendix 3 of the SPP 1/03)

                Total Hazard Score                       Severity of Bushfire Hazard

                  13 or greater                                    High
                    6 – 12.5                                    Medium
                     1 – 5.5                                       Low
Note – Land within 50m of a Medium severity bushfire hazard area is included within a Medium
severity bushfire hazard area and land within 100m of a High severity bushfire hazard area is
included within a High severity bushfire hazard area.


5.0 RISK ASSESSMENT

5.1. Sub Unit Hazard Areas
The bushfire risk assessment comprised analyses of the site’s characteristic bushfire risk
loading factors. As a result of variable topography, vegetation extent and composition, the
site and immediately surrounding areas were subdivided into sub-units of similar
characteristics. The bushfire risk assessment was then performed on each sub-unit.
Delineation and hazard analysis of the sub-units is presented in NCES Drawing No BMP F2 -
Sub-Units.

In accordance with the Appendix 3 SPP 1/03 scoring system, and factoring in standard 50m
safety buffers adjacent to Medium bushfire hazard areas, the eastern half of the site is
occupied by a Medium Bushfire Hazard Area with the balance of the site captured in a non-
bushfire prone area (refer NCES Drawing No F3 - Overall Hazard Areas).




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