Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2 - 30 Pottery St Pomona 2021

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2                                        NCES REF: J000864
Lot 496 on MCH591 – 30 Pottery St, Pomona



2.3.3    Vegetation Hazard Class 41.4 – Discontinuous low grass or tree cover in built up areas
Vegetation Hazard Class 41.4 (VHC 41.4) is located to the east of Pottery Street and is characterised
by the smaller built residential allotments containing sparse vegetation which primarily consists of
landscaped gardens with low density trees and regularly mown grass areas. VHC 41.4 is attributed
a potential total fuel load of 3 t/ha and is assigned a Low Potential Bushfire Intensity class on flat
ground (QFES, 2019). Plate 6 depicts typical conditions within VHC 41.4.




                                 Plate 6 – Characteristic vegetation within VHC 41.4


2.4     Vegetation external of the 150m assessment buffer
The site is located on the eastern edge of a large expanse of native bushland, including vegetation.
contained within Tuchekoi National Park. The vegetation corridor encompasses over 150ha and
includes the steep escarpment and foothills of Mt Cooroora. Semi-vegetated rural-residential
allotments border the site to the north and south. The built residential area of the Pomona township
is located to the east of the site.
Available direct forest fire runs are present predominantly upslope of the site to the west, with a
smaller potential fire run available across slope to downslope to the north and south-west.
Plate 7 depicts the general extent of bushland habitat hence available fire zones surrounding the
site.




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