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




Contents
1     INTRODUCTION                                                                    4

1.1 BACKGROUND                                                                             4
1.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE INTENSITY OVERLAY MAP                                   4
1.3 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL                                                                   4

2     SITE DESCRIPTION                                                                5

2.1    GENERAL                                                                             5
2.2    TOPOGRAPHY                                                                          5
2.3    VEGETATION WITHIN THE SITE                                                          6
2.4    VEGETATION EXTERNAL OF THE SITE                                                     6

3     HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                               8

3.1 HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY                                                         8
3.1.1 LOCAL HAZARD AREA MAP                                                               8
3.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES                                                             9
3.2.1 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 3.1 – NOTOPHYLL VINE FOREST                                 9
3.2.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 24.1 – ACACIA OPEN FOREST ON RESIDUALS                      9
3.2.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 39.2 – LOW TO MODERATE TREE COVER IN BUILT UP AREAS       10
3.2.4 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 40.4 – CONTINUOUS LOW GRASS OR TREE COVER IN BUILT UP AREAS
      10
3.3 POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY CLASSES                                                13
3.4 BUSHFIRE HAZARD SUB-UNITS                                                           13
3.5 OVERALL LOCAL HAZARD MAP                                                            13
3.6 QUANTITATIVE MODELLING                                                              16

4     BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT                                                       19

4.1 GENERAL                                                                               19
4.2 RISK FROM IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS VEGETATION                                             20

5     BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES                                             21

5.1 GENERAL                                                                               21
5.2 ASSET PROTECTION ZONES                                                                21
5.2.1 GENERAL                                                                             21
5.3 WATER SUPPLY                                                                          22
5.4 FIRE BREAKS                                                                           23
5.5 VEHICULAR ACCESS                                                                      23
5.6 LANDSCAPING AND REGROWTH                                                              24
5.7 GENERAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE                                                          24

6 AUSTRALIAN STANDARD 3959:2018 CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN
BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS (AS 3959:2018) SETBACKS                                         26

7     LEGISLATION AND OVERLAYS                                                       27

7.1 NOOSA PLAN 2020 – NATURAL HAZARDS OVERLAY CODE                                        27
7.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY – NATURAL HAZARDS, RISK AND RESILIENCE                          31

8     CONCLUSIONS                                                                    33




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