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, 5:27 pm (MDc v.4.9)


                                                         Area 3 SU6 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
                                   31 t/ha               Flame angle                   49 °, 56 °, 62 °, 66 °, 68 ° & 78 °
           load



                                                                                6.04 m, 6.59 m, 6.94 m, 7.08 m, 7.13 m & 6.94
         Total fuel load           35 t/ha           Elevation of receiver
                                                                                                      m



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



                                                                                  0.872, 0.855, 0.834, 0.8139999999999999,
         Effective slope             1°                 Transmissivity
                                                                                                 0.804 & 0.748



                                                                                   0.6026, 0.4437, 0.2979, 0.2014, 0.1626 &
           Site slope                1°                   Viewfactor
                                                                                                    0.0438



                                                   Minimum distance to < 40
          Flame width               40 m                                                            13.2 m
                                                           kW/m²



                                                   Minimum distance to < 29
          Windspeed                  n/a                                                             17 m
                                                           kW/m²



                                                   Minimum distance to < 19
     Heat of combustion          18,600 kJ/kg                                                       22.8 m
                                                           kW/m²



                                                  Minimum distance to < 12.5
     Flame temperature             1,090 K                                                          29.3 m
                                                           kW/m²


                                 Plate 20 – Area 3 VHC 8.1 – Wet eucalypt tall open forest - 1º




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