Bushfire management

                                                                                             FIRE MANAGEMENT REPORT FM 5601
3.   RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN

     3.1.            Agencies / Persons Responsible
                     The responsible Fire Authority is the Rural Fire Service Queensland through the Rural Fire Brigade being
                     responsible for Bush Fires and the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service being responsible for Structural
                     Fires
                     It is the responsibility of the Developers and Owners of the properties to ensure that the relevant measures
                     required by this Management Report are in place prior to inspection by the Council and the Building Certifier
                     and to ensure that those measures are in place prior to the occupation of any buildings, which are the subject
                     of this report. It is the responsibility of Council and Building Certifiers to ensure that relevant measures within
                     their responsibility are in place prior to the issuance of any certification.

     3.2.            Bushfire Safety Objective
                     The objective of this report is to minimise potential risk to life and property by protecting the buildings from the
                     effects of bushfire.

     3.3.            Aims
                     The aims to achieve this objective are to mitigate the effect of the bushfire attack mechanisms of: -
            3.3.1.   Radiant Heat
            3.3.2.   Direct Flame Contact
            3.3.3.   Wind
            3.3.4.   Ember Attack
            3.3.5.   Smoke

     3.4.            Functional Requirements
                     The functional requirements to achieve this objective are: -
            3.4.1.   The provision of safe conditions for fire fighters
            3.4.2.   The provision of safe conditions for residents
            3.4.3.   Ensure adequate and safe access to and from the property
            3.4.4.   Ensure adequate and safe water supply to the property and the establishment of firefighting water reserves
            3.4.5.   Provide a system of fire breaks and trails to protect the building component
            3.4.6.   Remove vegetation that is considered dangerous and a hazard in Fire Conditions
            3.4.7.   To ascertain the required standard of construction of the buildings in accordance with the requirements of the
                     National Construction Code and the Australian Standard for Construction in Bushfire Prone Areas or the
                     provision of a satisfactory alternative solution
            3.4.8.   Facilitate the return to “normalcy “

     3.5.            Proposed Fire Fighting Infrastructure
            3.5.1.   The proposed buildings are to be served by a reliable reticulated water supply.

     3.6.            Circulation Road Layout
                     The access road is to comply with “Fire Hydrant and Vehicle Access Guidelines for Residential, Commercial
                     and Industrial Lots” published by QFES and Qld Government.

     3.7.            Building Construction
                     All construction is to be in accordance with Australian Standard AS 3959 2018 Construction of Buildings in
                     Bush Fire-Prone Areas and the Level of construction assessed under “Site and Hazard Assessment.”

     3.8.            Street Numbering
                     Numbering is to be installed in accordance with the current Street Numbering System at time of completion of
                     building.

     3.9.            Less Flammable Landscaping
                     Any new landscaping within the site, including rehabilitation of the waterway area. is to be Less Flammable, in
                     accordance with the list enclosed as an Appendix at the rear of this Report, rainforest species, or cultivated
                     gardens, and comply with the requirements of “ Bushfire Resilient Communities Technical Reference Guide for
                     the State Planning Policy State Interest” Natural Hazards , Risk and Resilience-Bushfire” published by QFES
                     and Queensland Government, and “Natural hazards, risk and resilience-Bushfire-Assessment Benchmark 5”
                     which cite a maximum Fuel Load of 8t/ha for revegetation or rehabilitation within bushfire prone areas.
                     “Bushfire Resilient Building Guidance for Queensland Homes” published by Qld State Government provides a
                     schedule of species in Appendix E.
                     https://www.qra.qld.gov.au/bushfireguideline

     3.10.           Insurance
                     Failure to comply with this management report may have a detrimental effect upon the Insurance of the
                     subject Buildings.



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