The project outputs for the Bushfire Risk project are four reports. They are:

Contextual review

The first stage of any natural hazard risk assessment process is establishing the context to understand the policy and regulatory environment, the physical environment, weather and climatic trends and event history.

You can download the Contextual Review report here.

Risk assessment 

Risk is the combination of likelihood- or how often we think a bushfire may occur; and consequence- or what we expect to happen when a bushfire occurs.

You can download the Risk Assessment report here.

Next Steps – Changes to the Planning Scheme (Planning response and Statutory provisions reports)

The Planning Response and Statutory Provisions reports will be made available in 2023 and will outline Council’s proposed amendments to the planning scheme.

Background information 

The  Risk Assessment utilises the current Queensland Government bushfire hazard mapping. Prior to the commencement of this project, a Reliability Assessment was undertaken to investigate the accuracy of this mapping. It found that it was fit for purpose and could be utilised, avoiding the need for localised bushfire risk mapping to be undertaken by Council. You can download the report here.

Building Better Neighbourhoods

The Bushfire Risk project was identified as a key project by the Building Better Neighbourhoods Roadmap to protect people and property.