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, 5:29 pm (MDc v.4.9)


                                                        Area 4 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 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


                                 Plate 22 – Area 4 VHC 8.1 – Moist to Dry open forest - 1º




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