Approved Document Bushfire Management Plan 132004.5633.03

Vegetation communities surrounding the proposed development were referenced against
mapped RE’s in the general vicinity, and Vegetation Hazard Classifications and Potential Fire-
line Intensity calculations as detailed in the CSIRO (2014) report. Potential Fuel Load
calculations were undertaken on site to validate vegetation classifications and subsequently
potential bushfire hazard to the proposed development.

Vegetation ecotones result in varying fuel load availability. Subsequently, vegetation
communities have been referenced against predominant vegetation with highest fuel loads.
Observed vegetation communities are described in Table 1. Site vegetation is in the
immediate vicinity of the built structures of the proposed development are understood to be
managed based on setback requirements determined by his assessment. The following
‘directions of hazard’ are referenced against the relevant proposed development structures.
Setback requirements, and building construction standards, in these directions are detailed
in Section 3.1.
                                    Table 1 Vegetation Hazard Classifications
 Direction of        Vegetation           DNRM          Vegetation        Potential        Potential   Potential
  Bushfire        Description (Sub-      Regional      Hazard Class       Fuel Load        Fire-line   Bushfire
   Hazard         Unit – if relevant)   Ecosystem (CSIRO, 2014)             (t/ha)         Intensity    Hazard
                                                                                            (kw/m)
North            Wet         Eucalypt   RE:12.3.2    Class 9.1 Moist   24.1t/ha           23,898         High
through          Forest,     shrubby                 to dry eucalypt
Northwest        understorey,                        open forests
(Male 1-10 &     transition to vine                  on      coastal
Server           forest understorey                  lowlands and
accom.)          to        northwest                 ranges
                 fragmented      and
                 modified
Northeast        Wet Eucalypt open      RE: 12.9-    Class     10.1    20.8 t/ha          17,801       Medium
through East     forest community,      10.17        Spotted gum
                 shrubby                             dominated
                 understorey                         open forests
Southwest        Mixed Melaleuca        NA           Class    21.1:    14.9t/ha           7,957        Medium
(Female 1-7      sp.       woodland                  Melaleuca dry
&     Server     transitioning     to                open forest on
accom.)          Eucalypt Woodland                   sandplains or
                 to south                            depositional
                                                     plains
Southeast        Dry Eucalypt open      RE:12.9-     Class     10.2    18/ha              13,331       Medium
through          woodland,              10.17        Spotted gum
south            fragmented       by                 dominated
                 former land uses                    woodlands
West             Eucalypt      open     RE:12.9-     Class     10.2    18/ha              13,331       Medium
                 woodland         to    10.17        Spotted gum
                 forest,       some                  dominated
                 fragmented       by                 woodlands
                 infrastructure and
                 land uses



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