Appendix G - Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v1                                        NCES REF: J001050
Lot 3 on RP131369 – 96 Black Mountain Range Road, Black Mountain



(forest red gum) and Eucalyptus microcorys (tallowood). The mid-storey contained regenerating
Acacia melanoxylon (blackwood) while the understorey was dominated by native and exotic grasses.
VHC 24.1 is attributed a potential combined surface fuel load of 9.5 t/ha and a potential total fuel
load of 10.1 t/ha (QFES, 2019). Plate 6 depicts typical conditions within VHC 24.1.




                                 Plate 6 – Characteristic vegetation within VHC 24.1

3.2.3    Vegetation Hazard Class 39.2 – Low to moderate tree cover in built up areas
Vegetation Hazard Class 39.2 (VHC 39.2) is characterised by periodically slashed grassland with
low-moderate density woody vegetation. It was noted that Tallowood Place exhibited a linear strip of
mature Eucalyptus microcorys (tallowood) and Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest red gum) lining the
road on either side. However, given the 1-2 tree wide density of the mature trees it was considered
to conform to VHC 39.2
VHC 39.2 is attributed a potential combined surface fuel load of 5 t/ha and a potential total fuel load
of 8 t/ha (QFES, 2019). Plate 7 depicts typical conditions within VHC 39.2.




                                 Plate 7 – Characteristic vegetation within VHC 39.2

3.2.4    Vegetation Hazard Class 40.4 – Continuous low grass or tree cover in built up areas
Vegetation Hazard Class 40.4 (VHC 40.4) is located across proposed Lot 1 area and offsite to the
northwest and east and is characterised by managed grassland (slashed/mown).
VHC 40.4 is attributed a potential combined surface fuel load of 4.5 t/ha and a potential total fuel
load of 5 t/ha (QFES, 2019). Plate 8 depicts typical conditions within VHC 40.4.




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