Bushfire Risk Assmt & Risk Mngt Plan for a house at 64 Pheasant Lane, Doonan Revision 1 September 2020 ENAM

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


2 Introduction
2.1       The reasons for the Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan
A house to be constructed at 64 Pheasant Lane, Doonan, Queensland in the Noosa Council
jurisdiction is mapped in a High Potential Bushfire Intensity area on the Noosa Plan Bushfire
Overlay map in a Very High Potential Bushfire Intensity area on the Queensland Potential Bushfire
Intensity mapping. Therefore, the house is deemed to potentially be in a Designated Bushfire
Prone Area and an assessment of the bushfire risk to the building and a bushfire risk management
solution is required.
2.2       Commissioning of the Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan
Ecological Natural Area Management has been commissioned to prepare a Bushfire Risk
Assessment and Bushfire Risk Management Plan to fulfil the above requirements. See Appendix 3:
Qualifications and experience of the author of this report for demonstration that the author is a “a
competent person [and] is an appropriately qualified and experienced consultant with appropriate
and proven technical expertise in the preparation of bushfire hazard assessment reports”.
2.3       The aim of the Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan
The aim of this bushfire impact assessment report is to achieve appropriate levels of bushfire
protection for the development while maintaining ecological sustainability. Bushfire protection for
buildings in bushfire prone areas is best achieved using a mix of:
      •Fire resistant building technologies in the structures.
      •Fire resistant methodologies in the structures such as minimising ember lodgement points
      •Providing and appropriate fire break between the developed properties and flammable
       vegetation.
    • Appropriate building siting for bushfire protection
    • Fuel management in the flammable vegetation near the developed properties while
       maintaining ecological values of the vegetation habitat.
    • Fuel management between the flammable vegetation and the developed properties.
    • Maintenance of ecological and habitat values of any vegetation subject to vegetation
       management for bushfire risk management.
To achieve the aim, the Plan will conduct bushfire assessments against legislative requirements
and make recommendations that address the requirements of the legislation.
2.4       Legislative considerations
      •    Queensland Planning Act,
      •    Queensland Building Act,
      •    Queensland Vegetation Management Act,
      •    Queensland State Planning Policy 2017 and,
      •    The Noosa Plan
2.5       Other regulatory considerations
      •    The National Construction Code of Australia and
      •    Australian Standard AS 3959—2018: Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas.




Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan for a house at 64 Pheasant Lane, Doonan     September 2020

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