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, 5:34 pm (MDc v.4.9)


                                                         Area 3 SU7 VHC 22.1



                                      Minimum Distance Calculator - AS3959-2018 (Method 2)



                        Inputs                                                     Outputs



     Fire Danger Index               48                 Rate of spread                             1.44 km/h



          Vegetation
                                   Forest                Flame length                               12.79 m
         Classification



      Understorey fuel
                                  23.4 t/ha              Flame angle                   53 °, 63 °, 70 °, 74 °, 75 ° & 82 °
           load



                                                                                4.92 m, 5.45 m, 5.65 m, 5.66 m, 5.61 m & 5.05
         Total fuel load          28.4 t/ha          Elevation of receiver
                                                                                                      m



     Vegetation height               n/a                 Fire intensity                          21,190 kW/m



                                                                                  0.876, 0.859, 0.837, 0.8139999999999999,
         Effective slope             1°                 Transmissivity
                                                                                                 0.803 & 0.742



                                                                                   0.5957, 0.4429, 0.2976, 0.2009, 0.1635 &
           Site slope                1°                   Viewfactor
                                                                                                    0.0442



                                                   Minimum distance to < 40
          Flame width               65 m                                                            10.5 m
                                                           kW/m²



                                                   Minimum distance to < 29
          Windspeed                  n/a                                                             14 m
                                                           kW/m²



                                                   Minimum distance to < 19
     Heat of combustion          18,600 kJ/kg                                                       20.2 m
                                                           kW/m²



                                                  Minimum distance to < 12.5
     Flame temperature             1,090 K                                                          27.8 m
                                                           kW/m²


                                   Plate 21 – Area 3 VHC 22.1 – Paperbark open forest - 1º




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