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, 5:23 pm (MDc v.4.9)

                                                    Area Area
                                                         2 SU6   VHC8.1
                                                              2 VHC  8.1


                                      Minimum Distance Calculator - AS3959-2018 (Method 2)


                        Inputs                                                   Outputs


      Fire Danger Index                48                Rate of spread                          1.91 km/h


          Vegetation
                                      Forest              Flame length                            16.63 m
         Classification


    Understorey fuel load             31 t/ha             Flame angle                 41 °, 46 °, 52 °, 57 °, 59 ° & 73 °


                                                                                   5.23 m, 5.71 m, 6.22 m, 6.56 m, 6.67 m
         Total fuel load              35 t/ha         Elevation of receiver
                                                                                                 & 7.08 m


      Vegetation height                n/a                Fire intensity                        34,596 kW/m


         Effective slope                1°               Transmissivity           0.878, 0.866, 0.85, 0.834, 0.826 & 0.771


                                                                                  0.597, 0.4395, 0.2928, 0.1956, 0.1588 &
           Site slope                   1°                 Viewfactor
                                                                                                   0.0424


                                                    Minimum distance to < 40
          Flame width                  20 m                                                        12.4 m
                                                            kW/m²


                                                    Minimum distance to < 29
          Windspeed                    n/a                                                          15 m
                                                            kW/m²


                                                    Minimum distance to < 19
     Heat of combustion            18,600 kJ/kg                                                    18.9 m
                                                            kW/m²


                                                   Minimum distance to < 12.5
     Flame temperature               1,090 K                                                       23.3 m
                                                            kW/m²


                                                    Minimum distance to < 10
                                                                                                   25.9 m
                                                            kW/m²



                                 Plate 19 – Area 2 VHC 8.1 – Wet eucalypt tall open forest - 1º




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