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, 7:35 pm (MDc v.4.9)

                                                          Area 1 SU8 VHC 9.1

                                       Minimum Distance Calculator - AS3959-2018 (Method 2)

                        Inputs                                                     Outputs

     Fire Danger Index               48                 Rate of spread                              1.29 km/h


          Vegetation
                                   Forest                Flame length                                11.32 m
         Classification


    Understorey fuel load          21 t/ha                Flame angle                   36 °, 41 °, 47 °, 52 °, 55 ° & 70 °


                                                                                 3.18 m, 3.54 m, 3.93 m, 4.21 m, 4.36 m & 4.79
         Total fuel load          24.2 t/ha           Elevation of receiver
                                                                                                       m


      Vegetation height              n/a                 Fire intensity                           16,204 kW/m


                                                                                       0.889, 0.881, 0.871, 0.86, 0.854 &
         Effective slope             1°                  Transmissivity
                                                                                             0.8080000000000001


                                                                                   0.5899, 0.4295, 0.2825, 0.1889, 0.1531 &
           Site slope                1°                    Viewfactor
                                                                                                    0.0403

                                                   Minimum distance to < 40
          Flame width               10 m                                                              8.1 m
                                                           kW/m²


                                                   Minimum distance to < 29
          Windspeed                  n/a                                                              9.6 m
                                                           kW/m²


                                                   Minimum distance to < 19
     Heat of combustion          18,600 kJ/kg                                                        11.8 m
                                                           kW/m²

                                                  Minimum distance to < 12.5
     Flame temperature             1,090 K                                                           14.3 m
                                                           kW/m²


                                                   Minimum distance to < 10
                                                                                                     15.8 m
                                                           kW/m²



                            Plate 18 – Area 1 and Area 3 VHC 9.1 – Moist to dry open forest - 1º




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