Bushfire Management Plan

Kingfisher Stayover Village - Proposed

Transient Workforce Accommodation

Facility Extension

Prepared for

RFF Australia

by Strategen

April 2017

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Bushfire Management Plan

Kingfisher Stayover Village -

Proposed Transient Workforce

Accommodation Facility Extension

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Report Version Revision

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Draft Report Rev A For review by Client P Molinari BPAD# 39183 / R

Banks BPAD# 36857

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Filename: RFF17107_01 R001 Rev 0 - 6 April 2017

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Table of contents

1. Introduction 3 1.1 Purpose and application of the plan 4

2. Spatial consideration of bushfire threat 7 2.1 Existing site characteristics 7

2.1.1 Location 7 2.1.2 Zoning and land use 7 2.1.3 Assets 7 2.1.4 Water and power supply 7

2.2 Existing fire environment 8 2.2.1 Vegetation 8 2.2.2 Site topography and slope under vegetation 8 2.2.3 Bushfire weather conditions 10 2.2.4 Bushfire history, fuel age, risk of ignition and potential ignition sources 10 2.2.5 Potential bushfire scenarios 10

2.3 Bushfire hazard assessment 11 2.4 BAL assessment 11

2.4.1 Fire Danger Index 11 2.4.2 Vegetation class 11 2.4.3 Slope under classified vegetation 12 2.4.4 Distance between proposed development areas and the classified vegetation 12 2.4.5 Method 1 BAL calculation 12

2.5 Identification of any bushfire hazard issues 13

3. Bushfire management measures 15 3.1 Asset Protection Zones (APZs) 15 3.2 Increased building construction standards 15 3.3 Vehicular access 15 3.4 Non-Reticulated water supply 16 3.5 Additional measures 16

4. Proposal compliance and justification 19

5. Implementation and enforcement 23 5.1 Document review 23

6. References 25

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List of tables

Table 1: Method 1 BAL calculation for the proposed development 12 Table 2: Vehicular access technical requirements 16 Table 3: Acceptable solutions assessment against bushfire protection criteria 20 Table 4: Proposed works program 24

List of figures

Figure 1: Site Plan 5 Figure 2: Development masterplan 6 Figure 3: Vegetation class and effective slope 9 Figure 4: Pre-development bushfire hazard levels 14 Figure 5: Bushfire Management Plan: Kingfisher Stayover Village Expansion 18

List of appendices

Appendix 1 Vegetation photographs Appendix 2 January wind profiles for Karratha Aero Appendix 3 City of Karratha Local Fire Information

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1. Introduction

RFF Australia (RFF) are preparing a development application for an extension of time to substantially

commence an existing approval to expand the Kingfisher Stayover Village, a transient workforce

accommodation facility on Lot 326 Madigan Road, Stove Hill, in the City of Karratha (the project area,

Figure 1). The proposed expansion is required to manage the increasing accommodation demand with the

existing accommodation operating at between 50 - 80% capacity. A further Increase in demand is likely

should proposed major infrastructure projects be realised.

The accommodation expansion proposal specifically includes:

introduction of 400 additional rooms (112 units being in a two-storey layout)

introduction of two large parking lots featuring 205 parking bays

a new reception office and bus pick up/drop off area

a new dry and wet mess that can be used as a Cyclone Shelter for emergency management

purposes (designed and constructed to Importance Level 4 under the Building Code of Australia)

three new laundry buildings.

relocation of 10 accommodation buildings and two laundry buildings in existing accommodation.

The master plan for the development is presented in Figure 2.

Due to the current extent of adjacent vegetation, the project area is designated as bushfire prone, as

outlined on the Western Australian Map of Bush Fire Prone Areas (DFES 2016). As a result, Strategen

has prepared this Bushfire Management Plan (BMP) to fulfil the following key objective:

1. Accompany the development application submitted to the City of Karratha in order to meet planning

requirements triggered under State Planning Policy 3.7 Planning in Bushfire-Prone Areas (SPP 3.7;

WAPC 2015a).

The following information is required to accompany the development application as required under

SPP 3.7 Policy Measure 6.5:

a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment or BAL contour map to determine acceptable BAL

ratings across the project area, in accordance with methodology set out in Guidelines for Planning

in Bushfire Prone Areas (the Guidelines; WAPC 2015b) – refer to Section 2.4 and Figure Figure 5

identification of any bushfire hazard issues arising from the relevant assessments – refer to

Section 2.5

clear demonstration of compliance with the bushfire protection criteria in the Guidelines– refer to

Section 4 and Table 3.

This BMP has been prepared in accordance with the Guidelines and addresses all of the above

information requirements to satisfy SPP 3.7. A BAL assessment has previously been prepared for the

development which has been reviewed as part of the preparation of this BMP. Management measures

identified within this BMP have enabled the reduction of the BAL FZ ratings identified within the BAL

assessment.

This BMP provides a compliant bushfire management response for proposed development based on the

indicative design and the proposed post-development state of the on-site and surrounding fire

environment.

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1.1 Purpose and application of the plan

The purpose of this BMP is to provide guidance on how to plan for and manage the bushfire risk to future

life and property assets of the project area through implementation of a range of bushfire management

measures. The BMP outlines how future on-site assets can be protected during the summer months when

the threat from bushfire is at its peak. This is particularly relevant when existing fire appliances in the area

may be unable to offer an immediate emergency suppression response; therefore, development planning

and design should aim to provide mitigation strategies that protect future life and property from bushfire as

a priority.

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Figure 2: Development Masterplan

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2. Spatial consideration of bushfire threat

2.1 Existing site characteristics

2.1.1 Location

The project area comprises a Lot 326 Madigan Road, Stove Hill, in the City of Karratha, approximately

9.5 km southwest of Karratha and approximately 0.5 km north of the North West Coastal Highway.

The project area is bound by Madigan Road and vacant land to the west and vacant land to the north,

south and east (Figure 1). The project area is currently accessible at via two driveways connecting in the

to Madigan Road from the northwest and southwest corners of the project area.

2.1.2 Zoning and land use

The existing accommodation facilities are zoned as ‘Tourism’ under the City of Karratha Town Planning

Scheme No. 8 (TPS 8). Land to the north, south and east of the existing accommodation facilities

(including land earmarked for the extension) is zoned as ‘Rural Residential’ under TPS 8. Land on the

opposite side of Madigan Road is zoned as ‘Rural’ under TPS 8.

The western portion of the project area contains the existing Kingfisher Stayover Village, while land

earmarked for the extension is currently vacant, undeveloped land.

2.1.3 Assets

The project area currently contains the existing Kingfisher Stayover Village which comprises 249 existing

rooms, a pool, a reception office, a gym, multiple lockers and 132 parking spaces in the western third of

the project area.

Critical life and property assets of the site will be increased by the proposed development by intensifying

the number of visitors and built assets across the project area.

Limited environmental values are present within the project area, having been subject to past disturbances

associated with the existing infrastructure.

Potential impacts on any environmental assets will be considered as part of standard referral requirements

at the relevant planning and development stages under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity

Conservation Act 1999 and Environmental Protection Act 1984.

2.1.4 Water and power supply

Strategen understands reticulated water and underground power supply provisions are already available to

the existing Kingfisher Stayover Village. Strategen understands existing water and power will be provided

to the accommodation expansion through extension of existing services adjacent to the project area.