Bushfire Hazard Assessment

Bushfire Hazard Assessment
14 Serenity Close, Noosa Heads




CONTENTS
1      Introduction                                   3

2      Approved development                           5

3      Proposed Development                           6

4      Bushfire Hazard                                7

5      Regulatory Framework                           9

5.1         State Planning Policy                     9

5.2         Noosa Plan 2020                           11

6      Methods                                       13

6.1         Inputs                                   14

    6.1.1 Vegetation Hazard Class and Fuel Load      14

    6.1.2 Landscape Slope                            17

    6.1.3 Fire Weather Severity                      17

6.2         Model                                    18

    6.2.1 Patch and Corridor Filtering               18

    6.2.2 Potential Fireline Intensity               18

    6.2.3 Radiant Heat Flux                          19

7      Results                                       21

7.1         Bushfire Behaviour                       21

7.2         Radiant Heat Flux                        22

7.3         Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code             23

8      Summary                                       24

9      References                                    26

Appendix 1: Plan of Development                      28

Appendix 2: Vegetation Hazard Class Survey           29

Appendix 3: Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code             35




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