Appendix F_Bushfire Hazard Assessment

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        Information was also obtained from Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service via email
        dated 21 October 2015. Mr John McQueeney, Acting Ranger in Charge, advised the
        last wildfire in the Noosa National Park was in 2014. Fires in the park have also
        occurred in 1992, 1996 and 2008. Due to the vegetation type, fires in the area
        experience very high intensity. There are no approved planned burns scheduled for
        the section of Noosa National Park bordering the site.

        4.5      Vegetation

        The site is mapped as R.E. 12.2.5 (Corymbia intermedia +/- Lophostemon confertus
        +/- Banksia spp. +/- Callitris columellaris open forest on beach ridges usually on
        southern half of bioregion) within the northern section of the site. The balance of the
        site is mapped as Category X – vegetation not regulated under the VMA.

        Refer Regional Ecosystem Mapping in Appendix C for details.

        4.6      Fuel Load

        Fuel Loads described within Planning for Bushfire Protection (NSW Rural Fire
        Service, 2006) have been adopted in order to facilitate predictive bushfire modelling
        calculations. Table A2.1 (Planning for Bushfire Protection, NSW Rural Fire Service,
        2006) provides estimated fuel loads based upon common vegetation formations. The
        following formation class has been deemed the most appropriate and has been
        extracted from the above document:

                                         Table 4.1
            Extract from Table A2.1 - Planning for Bushfire Protection, NSW Rural Fire
                                          Service, 2006
      Formation Class                  Formation Description                   F (r) / F(t)* (t/ha)

Dry sclerophyll forests (open       Dominated by eucalypts 10-30m tall                20/25
           forest)                   with crown that touch or overlap.
                                      Prominent layer of hard leaves
                                    shrubs. Understorey dominated by
                                       shrubs. Sparse groundcover
                                     comprised mainly of hard leaved
                                     sedges. Found on sandy infertile
                                          soils on exposed sites.

*Fuel Loads are expressed as fuels contributing to rates of spread (F(r)) and total fuel loads (F(t)) that
contribute to intensity.

        Also refer Section 5.2.1 for on-site assessment of fuel loads.

        4.7      Predicted Fire Attack Routes and Sources

        According to the Noosa Plan Bushfire Overlay, medium fire danger vegetation covers
        the site and surrounding allotments.

        Fire attack from the national park to the south and east is possible. The woody
        vegetation in these areas appears to be dominated by Lophostemon confertus and
        Callitris columellaris with occasional emergent Eucalypt spp. These areas are
        bounded by short heath/wetland vegetation. Fire attack from the west is unlikely due
        to current development and the golf fairways.




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