Response to Information Request OPW20-0145. 19.10.2020 · OPW20/0145

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Provide an indicative cross section treatment for the car parking and fire trails route including the proposed
revegetation area for lots 11 to 15 to demonstrate clear access for Emergency Vehicles and locations where
emergency access can be achieved to the retained vegetation to the south along the emergency access
road and within each lot;

Stockwell Response

Barlow Shelley have emended their plans to include an indicative cross section treatment for the car parking and fire
access route at the rear Lots 11 to 15. Please refer to drawings number 1856-R54D, R55D and R56D.

Identify if there are to be any hydrant stand pipes located along the Emergency Access Road within Lots 11
— 15 as mentioned in the s6.2 in the Updated Bushfire Management Plan for Undeveloped Area of Noosa
Civic (The Consultancy group, dated August 2020). Indicate on the relevant plans the location of any
necessary hydrant standpipes.

Stockwell Response

Queensland Bushfire Management have provided an amended Updated Bushfire Management Plan 2020, originally
prepared by the Consultancy Bureau. In the interest of safety of fire fighters and operational efficiency, the location of
hydrants in the emergency access road is not recommended, nor required. The Emergency Access Road within Lots
11-15 serves a dual purpose: providing a point where low intensity suppression and/or mitigation (backburning in a
north to south direction) can occur.

The hardstand provides a location for fire crews to suppress a blaze at safe distance to exposure. Should crews need
to connect to hydrants, firefighting appliances carry enough hose reel length to connect to hydrants at the frontage of
Lots 11-15. Barlow Shelley have demonstrated a firefighting appliance with a 90m hose reach radius (3 x 30m hoses)
can safely maneuver along the length of the access road in a bushfire event, in the figure below.

 

  
  
  

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Given the Emergency Access Road provides for suppression and mitigation as it currently stands, it is unnecessary
and unsafe to place standpipes along southern boundary of the access path. This would result in the access road
being blocked when appliances are refilling, therefore preventing safe movement of other appliances and crews.

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