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

                                Ecological Natural Area Management

9 References................................................................................................................................................ 27
10 Appendices.............................................................................................................................................. 28
    10.1 Appendix 1: Regional Ecosystem full descriptions........................................................................28
    10.2 Appendix 2: Software report from the bushfire behaviour modelling.............................................29
    10.3 Appendix 3: Qualifications and experience of the author..............................................................30


                                                                List of Figures
Figure 1: Proposed site plan............................................................................................................................. 8
Figure 2: Excerpt from The Noosa Plan Bushfire Overlay map showing the house in an area mapped as
Medium Potential Bushfire Intensity ................................................................................................................. 9
Figure 3: Excerpt from the Queensland Bushfire Potential Intensity mapping showing the house in an area
mapped as Medium Potential Bushfire Intensity............................................................................................... 9
Figure 4: Drone aerial photography acquired on 19 November 2019 showing Lot configuration, house
location, vegetation, areas cleared of vegetation and 5m contours................................................................10
Figure 5: Map of the Queensland Vegetation Management Act conservation status of the mapped Remnant
Vegetation near the house. ............................................................................................................................ 11
Figure 6: View north of the house showing a cleared area over to vegetation confirmed as Eucalyptus
racemosa open forest..................................................................................................................................... 12
Figure 7: View south showing showing the cleared area separation to Eucalyptus racemosa open forest.....12
Figure 8: View east of the house showing the driveway, a cleared area Eucalyptus racemosa open forest...12
Figure 9: Map of the visually assessed vegetation.........................................................................................13
Figure 10: Map showing the areas in the lot mapped as Environmental Protection or Riparian Buffer...........14
Figure 11: Map of the patches of vegetation used for patch and corridor filtering...........................................17
Figure 12: Map of the locations of the Bushfire Intensity Classes showing that all of the the proposed house
is in an area assessed as Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer Class..................................................................19
Figure 13: Map showing the bushfire attacks.................................................................................................. 20
Figure 14: Fuel accumulation curves for open forests in eastern Australia.....................................................21
Figure 15: Methodologies for minimising lodgement points for burning debris...............................................25

                                                                 List of Tables
Table 1: Regional Ecosystems near the house............................................................................................... 11
Table 2: Conservation significance of the Remnant Regional Ecosystems derived from the Queensland
Vegetation Management Act........................................................................................................................... 14
Table 3: Potential fuel loads for the assessed vegetation communities based on their applicable potential fuel
hazard classes................................................................................................................................................ 16
Table 4: Table of Potential Bushfire Intensity Class derived from Potential Fire line Intensity.........................18
Table 5: Tabulation of the potential bushfire intensity classes for each of the patches ...................................18
Table 6: Surface and total fuel loads for use in AS3959 Method 2 assessments of BALs...............................21
Table 7: Excerpt from State Planning Policy Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience Technical Manual of
potential maximum fuel accumulation for the subject vegetation communities...............................................22
Table 8: Assessed Bushfire Attack Levels for the modelled bushfire attacks..................................................23




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

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