Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan

                                                                                                              Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan




Performance Outcomes                   Acceptable Outcomes                                        Compliance Assessment

      impacts     of   bushfire   on                                                              handled in bulk quantities. Hazardous materials will not
      hazardous            materials                                                              present an unacceptable risk to people, property and the
      manufacturing or storing in                                                                 environment
      bulk.

Access and Evacuation Routes

PO6   Roads provide for easy and       AO6.1   The road layout provides for through-roads         Complies with PO6
      safe evacuation of residents             and avoids cul-de-sacs and dead-end roads.
                                                                                                  Direct access shall be provided via a driveway along the
      of premises and access by
                                                                                                  eastern and northern boundary of the site to Davis Road.
      emergency services.                      OR
                                                                                                  This driveway is approximately 400m long and is currently
                                                                                                  unsealed, but will be sealed with bitumen in the future. The
                                       AO6.2   The development has a perimeter road
                                                                                                  driveway follows a ridgeline through the property and
                                               reserve with a minimum width of 20 metres
                                                                                                  passes through areas of intact, unmanaged forest. The
                                               and     maximum      gradient    of    12.5%.
                                                                                                  existing driveway passes through a managed access
                                                                                                  corridor of around 20m wide, where understorey fuel is
                                               OR
                                                                                                  managed via regular slashing but canopy trees are
                                       AO6.3   Cul-de-sacs or no-through roads are provided       retained.
                                               with fire trails or access easements, which are
                                               capable of being navigated by conventional
                                                                                                  This driveway will provide for the egress of dwelling
                                               vehicles and which link to through roads.
                                                                                                  occupants in the event of an approaching bushfire, and the
                                       AO6.4   Safe access and egress is available at all         driveway is either flat or downhill the entire way out to
                                               times to all of the development for emergency      Davis Rd. The driveway surface is capable of supporting
                                               vehicles and personnel.                            Rural Fire Service 4WD vehicles, but the longitudinal
                                                                                                  gradient of the driveway exceeds 12.5% at two locations,
                                       AO6.5   Where    an   emergency     access    point   is   which may cause issues for emergency services vehicle
                                               required, it complies with the relevant works      access uphill to the dwelling. There is a short stretch of



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