Appendix F Bushfire Management Plan

3.0 Bushfire Hazard Assessment
3.1      Bushfire hazard classification




Figure 3. Council bushfire hazard mapping

 “Bushfire Prone Area” (BPA) is defined under Section 12 of Building Regulation 2006 and the BCA as an area
identified as such by Local Government , in this case using the methodology specified in A new methodology
for State-wide mapping of bushfire prone areas in Queensland (CSIRO 2014). The BCA calls up AS3959-
2018 as providing “Deemed to Satisfy” construction levels for Class 1, 2 and 3 buildings and associated Class
10a structures constructed in bushfire prone areas.

AS3959-2018 specifies building implications within 100m of designated bushfire prone land, or more strictly
speaking, within 100m of intact, classified vegetation (50m in the case of grassland). This BMP establishes
Bushfire Attack Levels (BALs) for affected Lots, using a combination of Methods 1 and 2 approach under
AS3959-2018.




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