Bushfire Risk Assessment 2025 Final - Noosa Springs 2022026

Bushfire Risk Assessment v3                                                                                NCES REF: J001433
Select Areas of Noosa Springs Residential Estate, Noosa Heads




                                      Calculated December 23, 2025, 5:18 pm (MDc v.4.9)

                                                  Area 1 SU1 VHC 3.1
                                                           SU1


                                   Minimum Distance Calculator - AS3959-2018 (Method 2)


                        Inputs                                                 Outputs


      Fire Danger Index              48                Rate of spread                           0.27 km/h


          Vegetation
                                 Rainforest             Flame length                              2.34 m
         Classification


    Understorey fuel load          4.5 t/ha             Flame angle                  55 °, 66 °, 73 °, 78 °, 80 ° & 85 °


                                                                                 0.92 m, 1.02 m, 1.04 m, 1.04 m, 1.02 m
         Total fuel load           4.5 t/ha         Elevation of receiver
                                                                                               & 0.85 m


      Vegetation height              n/a                Fire intensity                          645 kW/m


         Effective slope             1°                Transmissivity            0.898, 0.894, 0.888, 0.88, 0.875 & 0.837


                                                                                 0.5807, 0.4137, 0.2789, 0.1833, 0.1476
           Site slope                1°                  Viewfactor
                                                                                                & 0.039


                                                  Minimum distance to < 40
          Flame width               20 m                                                            2m
                                                          kW/m²


                                                  Minimum distance to < 29
          Windspeed                  n/a                                                           2.8 m
                                                          kW/m²


                                                  Minimum distance to < 19
     Heat of combustion          18,600 kJ/kg                                                      4.1 m
                                                          kW/m²


                                                 Minimum distance to < 12.5
      Flame temperature            1,090 K                                                         5.9 m
                                                          kW/m²


                                                  Minimum distance to < 10
                                                                                                   7.1 m
                                                          kW/m²



                                  Plate 17 – Area 1 VHC 3.1 - Notophyll vine forest - 1º




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