7. Attachment F - Bushfire Hazard Assessment

                                                                                   Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan



Table of Contents
  1.1        Background ............................................................................................................................... 2
  1.2        Site Description ......................................................................................................................... 2
  1.3        Scope of Work ........................................................................................................................... 3
  1.4        Qualifications and Experience .................................................................................................. 3

  2.1        State Planning Policy (SPP) ..................................................................................................... 5
  2.2        Noosa Plan 2020 ....................................................................................................................... 6
  2.3        AS3959:2018 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas ............................................ 7

  3.1     Hazard Assessment .................................................................................................................. 8
     3.1.1     Step 1 – Fire Weather Severity.......................................................................................... 9
     3.1.2     Step 2 - Vegetation Hazard Classes and Potential Fuel Loads ........................................ 9
       3.1.2.1     Vegetation Hazard Classes ........................................................................................ 9
       3.1.2.2     Potential Fuel Loads ................................................................................................. 15
     3.1.3     Step 3 - Site and Effective Slope ..................................................................................... 15
     3.1.4     Step 4 - Remodelling of Bushfire Hazard ........................................................................ 16
  3.2     Radiant Heat Exposure and Bushfire Attack Levels ............................................................... 18

  4.1    Agencies / Persons Responsible ............................................................................................ 21
  4.2    Owner / Occupier Responsibilities .......................................................................................... 21
  4.3    Reporting and Auditing ........................................................................................................... 21
  4.4    Siting of Buildings.................................................................................................................... 22
  4.5    Asset Protection Zones ........................................................................................................... 22
  4.6    Access and egress .................................................................................................................. 23
  4.7    Electricity Supply ..................................................................................................................... 24
  4.8    Water Supply ........................................................................................................................... 24
  4.9    Climate Change and Fire Weather – Projections for 2050 ..................................................... 24
  4.10 Emergency Response Procedures ......................................................................................... 24
  4.11 Emergency Information Providers ........................................................................................... 24
  4.12 Local Resources ..................................................................................................................... 25
     4.12.1 Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) Stations. ......................................... 25
     4.12.2 Neighbourhood Safe Places and Evacuation Centres. ................................................... 25




Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................................. 33
Appendix 2 ............................................................................................................................................. 34

FIGURES

Figure 1 Site location (Source: Queensland Globe). ............................................................................... 3
Figure 2 Excerpt from DSDMIP SPP IMS – Bushfire prone area (Source: DSDMIP SPP IMS). ............ 6
Figure 3 Excerpt from Noosa Plan 2020 – Bushfire hazard overlay (Source: NSC IntraMaps 9, 2023). 7
Figure 4 State-mapped Vegetation hazard Classes (VHCs). ................................................................ 13
Figure 5 Ground-truthed Vegetation Hazard Classes (VHCs). ............................................................. 14
Figure 6 Bushfire Attack Levels ............................................................................................................. 20

TABLES

Table 1: Property Information .................................................................................................................. 2
Table 2: Potential fuel loads for classified vegetation within 150 m assessment area. ........................ 15
Table 3: Slope angles for assessable fire runs to the development site ............................................... 16
Table 4: Potential fireline intensity ranges and bushfire hazard classes .............................................. 16
Table 5: Potential fireline intensity for classified VHCs within 150 m assessment area ....................... 17
Table 6: Determination of Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) minimum separation distances for bushfire-
    prone vegetation............................................................................................................................. 19
Table 7: Assessment against the Noosa Plan 2020 – Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code. ....................... 27



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