Appendix D - Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


5.6    Map of the areas of Potential Bushfire Impact classes
The map below shows the areas of the Potential Bushfire Impact classes. The house is in an area
of Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer Class.




Figure 11: Map showing that the house is in an area assessed as Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer Class


5.7    Assessment of Bushfire Prone Area
From the above site specific assessment, many of the houses in the development are in a
Bushfire Prone Area.
Potential houses in lots assessed as a Bushfire Prone Area are required by the Queensland
Building Act and the bushfire requirements of the National Construction Code to have a Bushfire
Attack Level assessment conducted using the protocol of Australian Standard AS3959:
Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas to be conducted.
Such a Bushfire Attack Level assessment is conducted on subsequent pages of this report.




Bushfire Risk Assmnt & Mngt Plan for a “Community housing” development at 55 Carpenters Rd, Cooroy   February 2022

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