Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

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




                                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION                                                                     3

1.1 NSC’S TEWANTIN & DOONAN NATURAL HAZARD: LANDSLIDE & FLOODING OVERLAY (MAP
OM9.3)                                                                       3

2.0 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL                                                             3

3.0 SITE DESCRIPTION                                                                 4

3.1 TOPOGRAPHY                                                                       5
3.2 VEGETATION                                                                       6
3.2.1 VEGETATION UNIT 1 – OPEN EUCALYPT WOODLAND OVER MOWED GRASS.                   7
3.2.2 VEGETATION UNIT 2 – OPEN EUCALYPT WOODLAND OVER SHRUBBY/GRASSY
UNDERSTOREY.                                                                         8

4.0 RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY                                                      9

4.1 APPENDIX 3 OF THE STATE PLANNING POLICY 1/03 GUIDELINE: MITIGATING THE ADVERSE
IMPACTS OF FLOOD, BUSHFIRE AND LANDSLIDE                                           9
4.1.1 TOPOGRAPHY / SLOPE                                                           9
4.1.2 ASPECT                                                                       9
4.1.3 VEGETATION                                                                  10
4.1.4 HAZARD RATING                                                               11

5.0 RISK ASSESSMENT                                                                 11

5.1. SUB UNIT HAZARD AREAS                                                          11
5.2 QUALITATIVE HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                   12
5.3 QUANTITATIVE HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                  14
5.3.1 FUEL LOAD ASSESSMENT                                                          14
5.3.2 QUANTITATIVE MODELLING                                                        15
5.3.2.1 Site Specific Input Parameters                                              15
5.3.2.2 Formulae                                                                    15
5.3.2.3 Modelled Output                                                             15

6.0 BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES                                              16

6.1 ASSET PROTECTION ZONE (APZ’S)                                                   16
6.2 WATER SUPPLY                                                                    19
6.3 FIRE BREAKS                                                                     19
6.4 VEHICULAR ACCESS                                                                19
6.5 FUTURE LANDSCAPING & REGROWTH                                                   19

7.0 LEGISLATION AND OVERLAYS                                                        20

7.1 NOOSA PLAN OVERLAY – SECTION 13.37                                              20

8.0 CONCLUSIONS                                                                     24

9.0 REFERENCES                                                                      25

APPENDIX 1 – SITE LAYOUT                                                            26




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