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Hobart Fire Management Area Fire Protection Plan 2019 Hobart Fire Management Area Fire Protection Plan 2019 Hobart Fire Protection Plan 2019 1 Document Control Document History Version Date Authors Section 1.0 16/9/14 AVK, MP, SB Draft 1.0b 23/9/14 SB,AVK 2nd draft 1.0c 5/12/14 SB, MP 3rd draft, with picture 1.0d 15/12/14 AvK, SB Draft for circulation 1.1 30/12/14 AvK, SB Finalised. 1.1b 13/01/15 SB FRU Mgr comments added 2.0 26/11/15 BSP Draft 2.1 29/11/15 AvK BSP 2nd Draft 2.1 29/11/15 AvK BSP 2nd Draft 2.3 01/12/2016 HFMAC 3rd Draft 2.4 9/12/2016 AvK, BSP FINAL 3.0 5/12/2017 BSP Draft 3.1 21/12/2017 HFMAC FINAL 4.1 12/12/2018 BSP FINAL Document Endorsements Agency Name & Title Signature Date Document Endorsement Endorsed by Hobart FMAC Chairman John Fisher Accepted by State Fire Management Council SFMC Chair – Ian Sauer Date: Hobart Fire Protection Plan 2019 2 Table of Contents Glossary ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................. 7 1.2 Aim and Objectives ................................................................................................................. 7 1.3 Implementation Strategy ........................................................................................................ 8 1.4 Policy, Standards and Legislation ............................................................................................ 9 1.4.1 Standards ............................................................................................................................... 9 1.4.2 Legislation .............................................................................................................................. 9 Chapter 2 Establishing the Context ....................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Description of the Hobart Fire Management Area ............................................................... 10 2.1.1 Location Boundaries and Land Tenure ......................................................................... 10 2.1.2 Climate and Bushfire Season ........................................................................................ 15 2.1.3 Vegetation ..................................................................................................................... 16 2.1.4 Population and Demographics ...................................................................................... 18 Chapter 3 Bushfire History .................................................................................................................... 19 3.1 Black Tuesday Bushfires (7 February 1967) .......................................................................... 19 3.2 Bushfire Frequency ............................................................................................................... 19 3.4 Fire Ignition Cause ................................................................................................................. 19 3.5 Existing Bushfire Management Plans .................................................................................... 22 Chapter 4 Analysing and Evaluating Bushfire Risk ................................................................................ 23 4.1 Analysing Bushfire Risk ......................................................................................................... 23 4.2 Likelihood and Consequence ................................................................................................ 23 4.3 Overall Risk ............................................................................................................................ 23 4.4 Risk Analysis for the Hobart Fire Management Area ............................................................ 24 Chapter 5 Bushfire Risk Treatment ....................................................................................................... 28 5.1 General Risk Reduction Methods.......................................................................................... 28 5.2 Treatment Selection and Priorities ....................................................................................... 29 5.3 Treatment Completed during 2017 ...................................................................................... 29 5.4 Community Assessment ........................................................................................................ 31 5.5 Strategic Fire Trails ................................................................................................................ 33 5.6 Strategic Fuel Breaks ............................................................................................................. 33 Hobart Fire Protection Plan 2019 3 5.9 TFS Community Fire Safety Programs ................................................................................... 36 5.10 Implementation .................................................................................................................... 37 5.11 Community Engagement and Education .............................................................................. 38 Chapter 6 Monitoring and Review ........................................................................................................ 39 6.1 Review ................................................................................................................................... 39 6.2 Monitoring and Reporting .................................................................................................... 39 References ............................................................................................................................................ 39 Appendices ............................................................................................................................................ 40 Appendix 1 - Bushfire Risk Reduction Strategy for Hobart FMAC .................................................... 41 Appendix 2 - Community Specific and General Bushfire Management Plans Already in Place ....... 55 Appendix 3 – Existing and Proposed Strategic Fire Trails ................................................................. 62 Appendix 4 – Existing and Proposed Management and Protective Fuel Breaks .............................. 68 Appendix 5 - The Bushfire Risk Assessment Model (BRAM) ............................................................. 70 Appendix 6 - NERAG Risk Assessment Approach .............................................................................. 78 Appendix 7 - National Construction Code Building Classes .............................................................. 83 Appendix 8 – Treatment Schedule - Annual Works Program ........................................................... 84 Hobart Fire Protection Plan 2019 4 Glossary Asset A term used to describe anything valued by the community that may be adversely impacted by bushfire. This may include residential houses, infrastructure, agriculture, industry, environmental and heritage sites. Bushfire Unplanned vegetation fire. A generic term which includes grass fires, forest fires and scrub fires both with and without a suppression objective.1 Bushfire hazard The potential or expected behaviour of a bushfire burning under a particular set of conditions, i.e. the type, arrangement and quantity of fuel, the fuel moisture content, wind speed, topography, relative humidity, temperature and atmospheric stability. Bushfire risk A systematic process to coordinate, direct and control activities relating management to bushfire risk; with the aim of limiting the adverse effects of bushfire on the community. Consequence The outcome or impact of a bushfire event. Fuel Break A natural or man-made change in fuel characteristics which affects fire behaviour so that fires burning into them can be more readily controlled. In the urban-rural interface, a fuel break is an area or strip of land where bushfire fuel continuity has been substantially altered through the strategic removal or modification of vegetation. Human SFMC has developed a spatial dataset used to define the extent and Settlement Area name of Human Settlement Areas (HSA) in Tasmania. The term Human Settlement Area is used instead of Community for the purposes of clarity. HSAs are defined as where people live or work. Likelihood The chance of something occurring. Risk The effect of uncertainty on objectives.2 (Note: Risk is often expressed in terms of a combination of the consequences of an event and the associated likelihood of occurrence.) Risk acceptance The informed decision to accept a risk, based on the knowledge gained during the risk assessment process. Risk analysis The application of consequence and likelihood to an event in order to determine the level of risk. Risk assessment The systematic process of identifying, analysing and evaluating risk. Risk criteria Standards (or statements) by which the results of risk assessments can be assessed. They relate quantitative risk estimates to qualitative value judgements about the significance of the risks. They
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