Reference Documents

                                        Figure 3: State Bushfire Hazard Overlay Mapping

To verify Bushfire Hazard mapping, a Site-Specific Bushfire Hazard Assessment is triggered,
and is addressed below.

2.2 On-Site Hazard Assessment
This site-specific Bushfire Hazard Assessment, Classification, Fire-line intensity and
Management Plan, references: State Planning Policy (SPP) – Natural Hazards, Risk &
Resilience – Bushfire (DSDMIP 2019); A new methodology for state-wide mapping of bushfire
prone areas in Queensland. CSIRO, Australia. (2014)1; the Bushfire Resilient Communities
Technical Reference Guide (QFES, 2019)2; the Bushfire Attack Level (BAL), Building setback
requirements and Construction Standards as per the Australian Standard AS 3959- 2018 -
Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas3; and current industry best-practice
assessment and Risk Mitigation Measures in compliance with the SPP Assessment
Benchmarks where triggered. Additionally, this BMP will address the requirements of the
proposed development against the Noosa Plan 2017, Division 9 – Natural Hazards Overlays
Code with regard to the proposed development.




1 This methodology updates the calculations apparent in the Australian Standard AS3959: 2018 based on current fire weather modelling and

includes detailed Vegetation Hazard Classes, used to inform State-wide Mapping.
2
  The Bushfire Resilient Communities Technical Reference Guide (QFES, 2019), supports the SPP 2017 by providing technical guidance for
bushfire hazard assessment and bushfire management Planning.
3 The Australian Standard AS3959: 2018 defines Fire Danger Index as the chance of a fire starting, its rate of spread, its intensity and the

difficulty of its suppression, according to various combinations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and both the long and
short term drought effects.

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