Amended Bushfire Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan

                          Ecological Natural Area Management


Recommendations
Recommendations for the Noosa Plan Bushfire Overlay Code
It is recommended that notwithstanding that the development is located in a Potential Bushfire Impact
area, the development maintains the safety of people and property from the adverse impacts of
bushfire by maximising setbacks from hazardous vegetation to achieve an acceptable risk as:
     • Both new lots could have houses constructed to BAL 12.5 construction standard,
    •    Houses can be sited in a low hazard area in the lot and achieve a setback of 10 metres
         from any retained vegetation,
    •    Houses will have an accessible dam, swimming pool or water tank available for fire fighting
         purposes with an onsite water volume of not less than 5,000 litres and will have a water
         supply outlet pipe 50 millimetres in diameter fitted with a standard fire brigade fitting
         connected to the water supply,
    •    Expected Radiant Heat loads at each house is less than 10kW/m2 and
    •    The escape route is through a safe area with expected radiant heat less then 10kW/m2,
    •    The development does not result in a material increase in the extent and severity of
         bushfire hazard,
    •    The development supports and does not unduly burden disaster management response or
         recovery capacity and capabilities as there are escape routes through a safe areas with
         expected radiant heat less then 10kW/m2,
    •    No community infrastructure is located oin the lots,
    •    The development will not release of hazardous materials in a bushfire event,
    •    No bushfire mitigation measures such as vegetation clearing that could adversely impact
         biodiversity values are required.
Recommendations for Australian Standard AS3959
Australian Standard AS3959 Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas specifies Deemed to
Satisfy bushfire resistant methodologies based on the assessed Bushfire Attack Level.
It is recommended that:
    •    The building solution for all building elevations for any houses in the lots to address the
         Deemed to Satisfy requirements of Sections 3 and 5 of Australian Standard AS3959-2018
         Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas
Other recommendations for building siting and landscaping
It is recommended that:
    •    The buildings to have a bushfire fuel free zone around the house,
    •    The buildings be constructed with a minimum of lodgement points for burning debris and
    •    On-going maintenance of the buildings be conducted.
See Sections 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6 of this report




Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan for a small rural subdivision at 15 Jirrama Cr, Cooroibah   March 2022

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