PR18082_BIK_Settlers Cove Stage 4_RevA_07082018 · OPW18/0155

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5. Implementation Plan
Table 1: Implementation plan for the bushfire management kit

 Responsibility/who to    Timing/frequency            Action required            Performance objectives                       Reference                   Notes
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 Body Corporate and       Annually prior to June      Monitor forest fuel load   Report from bushfire management              Section 4.1 Monitoring      Bushfire management
 bushfire management                                  and weeds in the           specialist that identifies forest fuel       fuel load                   specialist should be proficient
 specialist                                           covenant area              loads and actions required to achieve                                    in weed identification and the
                                                                                 fuel control objectives.                     Section 4.2.2 Forest Fuel   forest fuel load assessment
                                                                                                                              reduction – Covenant        method in Overall fuel hazard
                                                                                                                              area                        assessment guide (DSE 2010)
                                                                                                                              Performance objectives

 Body Corporate and on-   At least fortnightly from   Fuel reduction in the      Building fuel control area:                  Section 4.2.1 Building      The building fuel control area
 site manager             September and March         building fuel control      •    Lawn maintained to < 100 mm in          fuel control area           is shown in Figure 2.
                                                      area                            height;
                                                                                 •    Fire retardant vegetation trimmed
                                                                                      to 30cm in height; and
                                                                                 •    Gardens are maintained to remove
                                                                                      dead leaves and branches and
                                                                                      forest litter from the covenant area.
 Body Corporate and       Annually prior to the       Fuel reduction in the      Covenant fuel control area:                  Section 4.2 Covenant        Initial thinning of the elevated
 vegetation management    start of September          covenant fuel control      •    weed species are treated;               fuel control area           fuel layer should focus on
 contractor                                           area and the covenant      •    surface fuel layer is < 10-25 mm                                    thinning or complete removal
                                                      area                            deep across 60-80% of the area;         Section 4.2. Covenant       of Acronychia sp., removal of
                                                                                 •    groundcover plants (including           area                        dead Casuarina sp. treesand
                                                                                      plantings) in the near-surface fuel                                 thenremoval/pruning of non-
                                                                                      layer do not exceed a density of 2                                  viable/inappropriate natives
                                                                                      plants/3 m2, are maintained to                                      e.g. she-oak, wattles, cypress,
                                                                                      remove dead leaves and are                                          Monotoca and Ricinocarpus.
                                                                                      trimmed to a maximum of 30cm
                                                                                      high;                                                               Annual works will be specified
                                                                                 •    elevated fuel layer covers < 20% of                                 in the bushfire management
                                                                                      the area; and                                                       specialist’s forest fuel load
                                                                                                                                                          monitoring report.
                                                                                 •    no dead trees or dead branches in
                                                                                      canopy trees.                                                       All vegetation waste resulting
                                                                                 Covenant area:                                                           from fuel reduction works is to




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