Sealed Judgement

fire runs of greater than 100 metres and
as such it has been deemed for the
purpose of this development to be an
area of Medium bushfire hazard.

4. However, given the width of potential
exposure is no greater than 20 metres,
the bushfire risk is considered to be low

Bushfire Mitigation
specifications

The following bushfire mitigation
specifications are provided to ensure the
development adequately protected from a
vegetation fire that may threaten the
development from the Reserve land to the
north.

Access

a) Access for Emergency Service, Urban
Fire Brigade is provided to the car
parking area and be in accordance with
the QFES Fire Hydrant and Vehicle
Access Guidelines for Residential,
Commercial and Industrial Lots (QFES,
2015).

Water sources

a) The development is connected to the
Council reticulated water supply.
While the location and specification of
hydrant standpipes would normally to
designed and identified in the detailed
engineering drawings, it would be
reasonable to hydrant standpipes to be
located in locations where they can be
accessed for both a vegetation fire
and/or a structural fire within the
development site. Therefore, it is
recommended that the following
locations be considered in the detailed
design process: -
i. At the entrance near the boardwalk
to Cabins 14 & 15.
ii. between Cabin 1 and Cabins 2/3
iii. near Cabins 4/5,

b)

qd)

f)

iv. at Cabins 6/7

v. between Cabins 8/9 and 10/ 11,
and

vi. between Cabins 10/11 and 12/13

All hydrant standpipes are located and
designed in accordance with the
Vehicle Access Guidelines for
Residential, Commercial and Industrial
Lots (QFES, 1015).

A fire hose with a 20-metre-long hose be
located at each Eco-Cabin in addition to
the proposed hydrant standpipes.

The fire hose is to be connect to the
Resort’s reticulated water supply.

All piping for the hydrant standpipes and
Eco-cabins fire hoses could be located
under the boardwalk. However, this is
to be specified in the detailed
engineering design drawings and
specifications for the Building and
Plumbing Certifiers.

Asset Protection Zone

a)

b)

Eco-cabin 1 and 2 & 3 are to be
separated from the potentially
hazardous vegetation to the north by a
10 metres wide Asset Protection Zone
(APZ).

The APZ is to consist of a 10-metre-
wide management zone which will be
planted with low groundcovers and low
and prostrate shrub species in
accordance with the Concept
Rehabilitation Plan (Gondwana Ecology
Group, 2023)(see Figure 11).

Due to the current level of weed
dominance within the APZ area (Zone 4
in the Concept Rehabilitation Plan),
maintenance of Zone 4 is to be a year-
round exercise as a vegetation fire may
involve the reserve land to the north at
any time during the year and particularly
in periods of low rainfall and higher and
average temperatures. However, once
the planted vegetation within Zone 4 has
reached a level of maturity and cover

 

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