Bushfire Asset Protection Zone for Callala Beach Bushfire Brigade Building

The proposed activity is the establishment of a 15 metre wide bushfire asset protection zone (APZ) around the Callala Beach Fire Brigade building. The proposed works would involve the hand removal of vegetation and fire fuels, and tree pruning to create a bushfire APZ to the standard described in NSW Rural Fire Services document Standards for Asset Protection Zones https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/13321/Standards-… i.e.:
• Ground fuels such as fallen leaves, twigs (less than 6 mm in diameter) and bark to be removed on a regular basis.
• Grass to be cut and kept short.
• Prune or remove trees so that there is no continuous tree canopy leading from the hazard to the asset. Separate tree crowns by two to five metres.
• A tree canopy not to overhang within two metres of the building.
• Native trees and shrubs to be retained as clumps or islands and cover no more than 20% of the area.