Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

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




6.0 BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES

The following section describes bushfire risk reduction measures to be incorporated into the
proposed development to reduce the risk of bushfire impact to people and property.
Implementation of the identified measures is not implied nor intended to advocate that
residents remain on the site during a bushfire event, nor that people and property will be
protected from bushfire impact. The measures are intended to reduce the potential severity
of bushfire impact to the development zone and not prevent actual bushfire impact.

The scope of referenced management measures have been derived from:

        Noosa Plan Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code;
        Appendices 5B & 8 of State Planning Policy 1/03 ‘Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of
         Flood, Bushfire and Landslide, 2003;
        Bushfire Hazard Planning in Queensland (1993). Queensland Fire & Rescue Authority,
         Brisbane; and
        AS3959-2009 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas.

6.1 Asset Protection Zone (APZ’s)
APZ’s provide a defensive tool to assist in the reduction of potential bushfire impact to people
and property situated in bushfire prone areas. For illustrative purposes Plate 7 depicts the
concept of protection zones about dwellings in bushfire prone areas.




                                   Plate 7 – Bushfire Protection Zones

The proposed allotments within the east of the site are mapped within a Medium Bushfire
Hazard Area on Noosa Council’s Bushfire Hazard Overlay Map and have been confirmed as
being exposed to potential low severity bushfire impact. Therefore, the future buildings in the
east of the site require adequate separation from the hazardous vegetation contained within
the adjoining Noosa River foreshore reserve. It is noted that no hazardous intact bushland
units are present within the development site.

The Noosa Plan Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code stipulates that lots less than 2,500m2
maximise separation of buildings from hazardous vegetation. All proposed lots are less than
2500m2 in area. The Australian Standard 3959-2009 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire
Prone Areas can provide guidance on setbacks. Designation of the site within a Bushfire Prone
Area on Noosa Plan’s Bushfire Hazard Overlay Map triggers building design assessment
under Australian Standard 3959-2009 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas.
AS3959 (2009) provides minimum construction requirements for new dwellings in designated
Bushfire-Prone Areas. The construction requirements are intended to improve the




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