Appendix G - Bushfire Hazard Assessment

                                                        19 & 20 Trading Post Road Cooroy QLD March 2018
                                                                    Bushfire Hazard Assessment Report

2.0      BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT PER SC6.4 Bushfire Planning Scheme Policy
A site specific Bushfire Hazard Assessment was undertaken for the site and surrounding areas within
100m.
METHODOLOGY
The methodology of assessment of the bushfire hazard entailed:
- Site inspection and field verification of the site and surrounds
- Determination of composition and structure of the vegetation
- Review of topographic mapping
- Review of state Regional Ecosystem mapping, remnant vegetation and broad vegetation
  communities
- Review of State Planning Policy, Interactive Mapping System (SPP IMS) mapping for Bushfire prone
  areas
- Review of Noosa Plan Bushfire Hazard Overlay mapping.
- Review of Queensland Government Redi-portal data base.
- Bushfire Hazard Assessment in accordance with SPP April 2016 methodology and calculations of
  Potential Fireline Intensity, per Natural hazards, Risk and Resilience – Technical Manual – A ‘fit for
  purpose’ approach in undertaking natural hazard studies and risk assessments, April 2016
  (Queensland Government). Filtering and patching of small vegetation strips per Leonard & Opie,
  Estimating the potential bushfire hazard of vegetation patches and corridors, An enhancement of
  Queensland’s methodology for State-wide mapping of bushfire prone areas (June 2017).




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