FCRC - Fuel Hazard Assessment Form V1

• Fuel Hazard Assessment Form

• Sampling Location

• Location
  Address

• Date Assessed

  Date

• Assessors

• Vegetation Type

Plot Information

• Plot Number

• Zone

• Easting (GDA94 MGA UTM)

• Northing (GDA94 MGA UTM)

• Location
  Address

Canopy Height (Assess over 20m radius)

• Average Height to Top of Canopy (measured in meters)

• Average Height to Base of Canopy (measured in meters)

• Photos (if applicable)

  Media

Bark Fuel (Assess over 20m radius)

• TABLE 1: Fine fibrous bark types including String Bark

  

• Stringy Bark Fuel Hazard

  Not Present

  Medium

  High

  Very High

  Extreme

• TABLE 2: Ribbon or candle bark types

  

• Ribbon Bark Fuel Hazard

  Not Present

  Medium

  High

  Very High

• TABLE 3: Other bark types

• Other Bark Fuel Hazard

  Not Present

  Medium

  High

• Photos (if applicable)

  Media

Bark Fuel Hazard

• Bark Fuel Hazard<br>(Select if Bark Hazard rating from above that will be used to determine Overall Fuel Hazard. Only use the Stringy Bark hazard rating if more than 10% of the trees are Stringy Bark AND it has the highest rating. Otherwise use the bark with the next highest rating.)

  Low

  Medium

  High

  Very High

  Extreme

Elevated Fuel Later (Assess over a 10m radius)

• Elevated % Cover

  <20%

  20-30%

  30-50%

  50-80%

  >70%

• Elevated % Dead

  <20%

  20-30%

  >30%

• Elevated Fuel Average Height (in meters)

• TABLE 4: Elevated find fuel hazard

  

• Elevated Fuel Hazard

  Low

  Medium

  High

  Very High

  Extreme

• Photos (if applicable)

  Media

Near-surface Fuel Layer (Assess over 10m radius)

• Near-surface % Cover

  <10%

  10-20%

  20-40%

  40-60%

  >60%

• Elevated % Dead

  <10%

  <20%

  >20%

  >30%

  >50%

• Near-surface Average Height (in centimeters)

• TABLE 5: Near-surface fine fuel hazard

  

• Average Litter Depth (in millimetres)

  <10%

  10-25%

  20-30%

  25-45%

  >35%

• Near-surface Fuel Hazard

  Low

  Medium

  High

  Very High

  Extreme

• Photos (if applicable)

  Media

Surface Fuel Layer (Assess over 10m radius)

• Surface Litter % Cover

  <60%

  60-80%

  80-90%

  >90%

  >95%

• TABLE 6: Surface fine fuel hazard

  

• Surface Fuel Hazard

  Low

  Medium

  High

  Very High

  Extreme

Combined Surface and Near-surface Fine Fuel Hazard Calculation (Refer section 7)

• TABLE 7: Combined Surface and Near-surface fine fuel hazard

  

• Combined Hazard

  Low

  Medium

  High

  Very High

  Extreme

Combined Fuel Hazard Calculation (Refer section 8)

• TABLE 8: Overall Fuel Hazard Rating

  

• Overall Fuel Hazard

  Low

  Medium

  High

  Very High

  Extreme

• Are the plots representative of the average fuel across the sampling location? If no, explain any significant difference between plots. For example, wet gully runs through the sampling area, no plots were located in this gully

  Off

  On

Chances of Extended Attack Success

• TABLE 9: Chances of Extended First Attack Success

  

• Grass Fire Danger Index (GFDI)

  Select 0-2 3-7 8-20 20-49 50-74 75-99 100+

  • 0-2
  • 3-7
  • 8-20
  • 20-49
  • 50-74
  • 75-99
  • 100+

• Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI)

  Select 0-5 6-11 12-24 25-49 50-74 75-99 100+

  • 0-5
  • 6-11
  • 12-24
  • 25-49
  • 50-74
  • 75-99
  • 100+

• Chance of extended first attack success rates

  95% - almost always succeeds

  50% to 95% - succeeds most of the time

  10% to 49% - fails most of the time

  < 10% - almost always fail

Indicative Fuel Loads

• TABLE 10: Indicative Fuel Loads (tonnes)

  

• Fuel Type

  Bark

  Elevated

  Near-surface

  Surface

• Fuel Hazard Level

  Low

  Medium

  High

  Very High

  Extreme

• Fuel Hazard Rating