Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

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




toward the proposed new dwellings. Any revegetation works in Lot 9 would be
counterproductive to mitigating bushfire hazard and would require commensurate
repositioning of the dwellings on Lots 7, 8, 10 and 11 further to the west.

The above setback recommendations may require alteration should site conditions and/or the
AS3959-2009 BAL calculation methodology change in the future. The respective landowners
are to be responsible for ensuring the measures prescribed herein are applied and stay up to
date with site conditions and industry standards. Landholders/managers should therefore
liaise with QFRS at regular intervals (i.e. recommended at least every 5 years).

6.2 Water Supply
The availability of a reliable water supply for fire fighting purposes is a vital tool in the defence
of bushfire impact. Reticulated water supply will be available to the proposed development,
which will provide a readily accessible on-site emergency water supply in accordance with
Council’s Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code .

6.3 Fire Breaks
The provision of fire breaks and fire trails within a site located in a bushfire prone area offers
an important bushfire defence measure to assist in reducing the risk and severity of bushfire
ingress onto and through a site. The lack of significant sized bushland units immediately
bordering the proposed development site infers the need to incorporate fire break trails on site
perimeters is unnecessary.

6.4 Vehicular Access
New developments in bushfire prone areas should be serviced by safe access/exit points for
both residents and emergency services personnel. The development plan includes the
construction of a new north-south aligned internal roadway accessed directly from Elkhorn
Avenue on the site’s southern boundary.

Consideration of road design for bushfire safety purposes is not deemed applicable given that
the development will predominantly be accessed over low grades through an area that is
largely devoid of hazardous vegetation. Future housing on the site will buffer the roadway
from possible fire impacts hence the risk of access/egress becoming constrained during a
bushfire is deemed low.

6.5 Future Landscaping & Regrowth
To reduce the potential for bushfire impact to buildings, structures and occupants as a result
of future regrowth and landscaping works within the site, it is recommended:
        Future landscaping works/plantings exclusively incorporate locally indigenous, low
         flammability species, and
        Landholders should consult their local native plant nursery for suitable species
         selection regarding non-fire promoting vegetation species.




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