MCU14/0106 & OPW15/0001 Appendix F - Ecological and Bushfire Management Response

Noosa Civic Expansion
Bushfire Assessment Report



Table 3-8        SPP Interactive Mapping System- Bushfire Hazard Area Extract
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                                                                         Indicative location and extents of:

                                                                                   The    existing      Noosa       Civic
                                                                                    development



                                                                                   The proposed         Noosa       Civic
                                                                                    expansion




These classifications are based on the new methodology for State-wide mapping of bushfire prone areas in
Queensland (Leonard et al, 2014) which was developed to support the bushfire hazard provisions of
Queensland’s State Planning Policy, which came into effect on 2 December 2013. The new methodology:
> scales bushfire hazard based on the Potential Fire-line Intensity (PFLI) of a severe bushfire and can be
  used to predict the radiation profile of areas adjacent to potentially hazardous vegetation and an associated
  Potential Impact Buffer; and
> classifies land that may be subject to significant bushfire attack as areas of Medium, High or Very high
  Potential Bushfire Intensity.
Land that could be subject to significant bushfire attack from embers, flames or radiant heat is included in a
Potential Impact Buffer with a default width of 100m from all areas classified as having a Medium, High or Very
High Potential Bushfire Intensity.
The classification of an area’s Potential Bushfire Intensity takes into account three key variables being:
> total fuel load (W), which is primarily a function of the vegetation type(s) in the subject area;
> the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI), which is an index that considers variability in fire intensity
  associated with a range of weather variables including recent precipitation, current wind speed, relative
  humidity and temperature; and
> slope ( ), which is an important variable controlling the rate of fire spread and fuel consumption.




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