Appendix D - Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


1 Executive Summary
Most of the proposed houses in a “Community housing” development “ at 55 Carpenters Rd, Cooroy
in the Noosa Council jurisdiction are mapped in Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer area on Queensland
Potential Bushfire Intensity mapping and Noosa Council Bushfire Overlay. Therefore, the location of
the proposed houses is deemed to potentially be in a Bushfire Prone Area and an assessment of the
bushfire risk to the development and a bushfire risk management plan is required.
Site specific assessment of the Potential Bushfire Intensity Class
A site specific assessment of the Potential Bushfire Intensity Class using the protocol of A new
methodology for state-wide mapping of bushfire prone areas assessed that many of the houses
are in an area assessed as Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer Class as shown on the map below.




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.




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

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