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




Contents

1     INTRODUCTION                                                                                     4

1.1 BACKGROUND                                                                                              4
1.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE INTENSITY OVERLAY MAP                                                    4
1.3 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL                                                                                    4

2     SITE DESCRIPTION                                                                                 6

2.1    GENERAL                                                                                              6
2.2    TOPOGRAPHY                                                                                           6
2.3    VEGETATION WITHIN THE SITE                                                                           7
2.4    VEGETATION EXTERNAL OF THE SITE                                                                      7

3     HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                                                9

3.1 HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY                                                     9
3.1.1 LOCAL HAZARD AREA MAP                                                           9
3.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASSES                                                        10
3.2.1 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 2.1 – COMPLEX TO SEMI-DECIDUOUS MESOPHYLL TO NOTOPHYLL
VINE FOREST                                                                          12
3.2.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 8.1 – WET EUCALYPT TALL OPEN FOREST                    12
3.2.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 9.1 – MOIST TO DRY EUCALYPT OPEN FORESTS ON COASTAL
LOWLANDS AND RANGES                                                                  13
3.2.4 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 22.1 – MELALEUCA OPEN FORESTS ON SEASONALLY INUNDATED
LOWLAND COASTAL SWAMPS                                                               14
3.2.5 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 24.1 – ACACIA OPEN FOREST ON RESIDUALS                 14
3.2.6 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 36.1 – EXOTIC & HARDWOOD PLANTATIONS                   15
3.2.7 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 39.2 – LOW TO MODERATE TREE COVER IN BUILT UP AREAS    15
3.2.8 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 43.6 – WATER BODIES OR VERY LOW VEGETATION COVER       15
3.3 POTENTIAL BUSHFIRE INTENSITY CLASSES                                             16
3.4 BUSHFIRE HAZARD SUB-UNITS                                                        16
3.5 OVERALL LOCAL HAZARD MAP                                                         16
3.6 3.6QUANTITATIVE MODELLING                                                        19

4     BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT                                                                        24

4.1 GENERAL                                                                                                24
4.2 RISK FROM IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS VEGETATION                                                              25

5     BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES                                                              27

5.1 GENERAL                                                                                                27
5.2 ASSET PROTECTION ZONES                                                                                 27
5.2.1 GENERAL                                                                                              27
5.2.2 NATURE BASED TOURISM – ‘VULNERABLE USES’                                                             27
5.3 WATER SUPPLY                                                                                           28
5.4 FIRE BREAKS                                                                                            29
5.5 VEHICULAR ACCESS                                                                                       29
5.6 LANDSCAPING AND REGROWTH                                                                               29
5.7 GENERAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE                                                                           30
5.8 BUSHFIRE EVACUATION                                                                                    30

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