Att3 - Bushfire Report

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v1                                              NCES REF: J001061
Lot 7 on RP216403, Lot 394 on M371117, and Lot 650 on M37380 – 48-59 Kabi Road, Cootharaba



5    BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES

5.1 General
The following section describes bushfire impact reduction measures to be incorporated into
the proposed development to reduce the risk of bushfire impacts to people and property.
Implementation of the identified measures is not implied nor intended to advocate that building
occupants remain on the site during a bushfire event, nor that people and property will be
protected from bushfire impacts. The measures are intended to reduce the potential severity
of bushfire impact to the development and not prevent bushfire impact. The bushfire mitigation
measures have been derived from:
    •    Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning’s State
         Planning Policy – State interest guidance material – Natural hazards, risk and
         resilience – Bushfire (December 2019) (referenced herein as SPP (Bushfire) 2019);
         and
    •    Queensland Fire and Emergency Services. (2019). Planning for Bushfire Resilient
         Communities.

5.2 Asset Protection Zones
5.2.1    General
Asset Protection Zones (APZ) provide a defensive tool to assist in the reduction of potential
bushfire impact to people and property situated in bushfire prone areas. For illustrative
purposes, Plate 19 depicts the concept of an APZ surrounding a dwelling in a bushfire prone
areas.




                                       Plate 19 – Asset Protection Zones

The configuration of APZ’s is typically determined based on the results of the site-specific
hazard assessment including risk of bushfire impact, flame length analysis, applicable
AS3959-2018 Bushfire Attack Levels and State Planning Policy – State Interest Guidance
Material (Natural Hazards, Risks and Resilience – Bushfire) December 2019 Assessment
Benchmark setback requirements, with the latter the primary determining factor.
The north-western, southern, and eastern site extents have been confirmed to be located
within a bushfire hazard area hence provision of adequate separation between the proposed
buildings and any adjacent hazardous vegetation is required to provide a reasonable level of
safety to site occupants and emergency services staff.
5.2.2    Nature Based Tourism – ‘Vulnerable Uses’
There are no specific setback criteria for a Material Change of Use development application
under the NC Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code 2020.
State Planning Policy – State interest guidance material for natural hazards, risk and resilience
for bushfire 2019 considers nature-based tourism a ‘vulnerable use’. Therefore, as stipulated
in Section 9.4 of the Technical Reference Guide for the State Planning Policy State Interest
‘Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience - Bushfire’, the applicable assets in the development


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