ATTCH 2 - IR Response - Ecological and Bushfire IR Response (Cardno)

                                                                                                  Bushfire Management Plan
                                                                                      Lot 71 on MCH 2854, Castaways Beach




Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

 AHD                 Australian Height Datum (AHD) - A common national plane of level corresponding approximately to
                     mean sea level.

 Asset               Anything valued by the community that may be at risk of harm from bushfire, including: people,
                     houses, crops, heritage buildings and places, infrastructure, the environment, businesses and forest
                     resources.

 APZ                 Asset Protection Zone – An accessible fuel reduced area surrounding a built asset or structure which
                     fire suppression activities may be carried out.

 AS3959              Australian Standard 3959 – Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas

 BAL                 Bushfire Attack Level, as defined in AS3959, a means of measuring the severity of a building’s
                     potential exposure to ember attack, radiant heat and direct flame contact, using increments of
                     radiant heat expressed in kilowatts per metre squared, and the basis for establishing the
                     requirements for construction to improve protection of building elements from attack by bushfire.
                     An unplanned fire. A generic term that includes grass fires, forest fires and scrub fires. At times
 Bushfire            referred to as wildfire.

 Bushfire Hazard     The potential severity of a bushfire, which is determined by fuel load, fuel arrangement and
                     topography under particular climatic and weather conditions.

 Bushfire Risk       The likelihood of a bushfire igniting, spreading and causing damage to the community or the assets
                     they value and the consequences that arise therefrom.

 Bushfire Risk       A systematic process that provides a range of treatments which contribute to the wellbeing of
 Management          communities and the environment, which suffer the adverse effects of wildfire/bushfire.

 Ember Attack        Attack by smouldering or flaming windborne debris that is capable of entering or accumulating
                     around a building, and may ignite the building and other combustible materials and debris (e.g.
                     garden mulch, pine fencing).

 QFES                Queensland Fire and Emergency Service

 QRFS                Queensland Rural Fire Service




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