Bushfire Risk Assessment 2025 Final - Noosa Springs 2022026.pdf

Bushfire Risk Assessment v3                                         NCES REF: J001433
Select Areas of Noosa Springs Residential Estate, Noosa Heads




                                                        Contents
1     INTRODUCTION                                                          6

1.1    BACKGROUND                                                            6
1.2    DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL                                                  7
1.3    THE NOOSA PLAN BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY MAP                            7
1.4    STATE PLANNING POLICY ASSESSMENT BENCHMARK MAPPING                    7

2     SITE DESCRIPTION                                                     10

2.1 AREA 1 – GATEHOUSE ENTRY                                                10
2.1.1 LAND USES                                                             10
2.1.2 TOPOGRAPHY                                                            10
2.1.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES                                             11
2.2 AREA 2 – THE RIDGE ESCARPMENT                                           11
2.2.1 LAND USES                                                             11
2.2.2 TOPOGRAPHY                                                            12
2.2.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES                                             12
2.3 AREA 3 - THE PALMS                                                      13
2.3.1 LAND USES                                                             13
2.3.2 TOPOGRAPHY                                                            14
2.3.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES                                             15
2.4 AREA 4                                                                  16
2.4.1 LAND USES                                                             16
2.4.2 TOPOGRAPHY                                                            17
2.4.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES                                             17

3     HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                    19

3.1 HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY                                           19
3.1.1 MAPPING METHODOLOGY                                                   19
3.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES                                               20
3.3 BUSHFIRE HAZARD SUB-UNITS                                               23
3.4 OVERALL LOCAL HAZARD MAP                                                23
3.5 QUANTITATIVE MODELLING                                                  26

4     BUSHFIRE RISK QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT                                 33

4.1    PAST FIRE HISTORY                                                    33
4.2    LIKELY FIRE PATHS                                                    34
4.3    PAST FIRE HISTORY IN AREAS 1-4                                       35
4.4    SLOPE INFLUENCES                                                     35
4.5    POTENTIAL IGNITION POINTS                                            36
4.6    WATER SUPPLY                                                         36

5     BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT ADVICE                                           37

5.1 GENERAL                                                                 37
5.2 ASSET PROTECTION ZONES                                                  37
5.2.1 EXISTING ASSET PROTECTION ZONES                                       38
5.2.2 POTENTIAL FUTURE ASSET PROTECTION ZONE REQUIREMENTS                   38
5.3 WATER SUPPLY                                                            40
5.4 FIRE BREAKING TRAILS                                                    41
5.5 ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS                                                     41
5.6 LANDSCAPING AND REGROWTH                                                41



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