Bushfire risk assessment risk management plan 199 Maximillian Road Noosa North Shore Revision 1 - November 2019 · MCU20/0087

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


6.2    Derivation of inputs for assessment of the Potential Bushfire Intensity Class
The assessment of the Potential Bushfire Intensity Class using the protocol of A new methodology
for state-wide mapping of bushfire prone areas (Leonard et al, 2014) requires the following inputs.
Potential Fuel Load
Based on the map of the visually assessed vegetation communities shown in Figure 9 above, the
Potential Fuel Loads can be derived by relating the assessed vegetation to Queensland State
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Table 3: Potential fuel loads for the assessed vegetation communities based on their applicable
potential fuel hazard classes
  Vegetation community                    Vegetation Hazard Class                           Potential fuel load

   Eucalyptus racemosa                  9.2 Moist to dry eucalypt open                                24.1 t/ha
       open forest                       forests on coastal lowlands

  Melaleuca quinquinervia              22.1 Melaleuca open forests on                                 28.4 t/ha
        open forest                     seasonally inundated lowland
                                              coastal swamps

   Rural residential areas          40.4 Low grass or tree cover in rural                              5 t/ha
                                                  areas


Fire Weather Severity
The applicable Fire Weather Severity for the subject lot was drawn from the map of Queensland
Fire Weather Severities on Figure 16: Fire weather severity for Queensland in Leonard et al
(2014), page 17.
The applicable Fire Weather severity for the subject area = 50




Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan for a house at 199 Maximillian Road, Noosa North Shore               November 2019

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