Attachment C - Bushfire Management Plan · 132008.1128.04

                                                                Retirement Living & Aged Care Facility
                                                                       Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach


5           Regulatory Bushfire Assessment
The following section sets out the regulatory aspects of bushfire hazard relevant to the subject site.
This process is conducted in accordance with Part 5 of the Bushfire Resilient Communities guidance
material supporting the implementation of the State Planning Policy, prepared by Queensland Fire
and Emergency Services.

Section 5 of the Bushfire Resilient Communities non-statutory guideline articulates the process for
undertaking a bushfire hazard assessment. The process includes the three stages illustrated below.
The reliability assessment is provided at Section 5.1 at this report, and the hazard assessment and
separation and radiant heat discussions are provided at Section 6 of this report.




       Figure 6 - Overview of the Bushfire Hazard Assessment process as per the Bushfire Resilient
           Communities Guideline (Source: Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, 2019)

5.1         Reliability Assessment
5.1.1       Designated Bushfire Prone Area
Pursuant to Section 2.9.4 of the current Noosa Plan, it is noted the bushfire hazard overlay which
forms part of the planning scheme designates bushfire prone areas across Noosa for the purposes
of the Building Code of Australia (BCA). As per Figure 5 below, the subject site is identified within the
Designated Bushfire Prone Area.

Further, it is noted the BCA triggers bushfire assessment (via AS3959-2018 – Construction of Buildings
in Bushfire Prone Areas) for building classes 1, 2, 3 and selected 10a structures. This being the case,
the BCA (and AS3959-2018) is relevant to this bushfire hazard assessment.

Despite the above, it may be the case the RAC component of the facility is deemed a Class 9
structure which technically, avoids AS3959 construction requirements in Queensland. Irrespective,
construction to bushfire attack level standards is strongly recommended for the RAC and each other
residential component of the approved development on the basis of the potentially vulnerable
nature of the residents of the approved facility, and its proximity to adjoining vegetation within the
Noosa National Park.

Status: Final                                                                                     July 2020
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