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AS3959, BAL, building in bushfire prone areas, Bushfire Attack Levels Assessments, Bushfire Design, consumer rights, development, Flamezone, infill development, planning

So why are there houses in the Bushfire Flame Zone?

The simple answer is planning decisions of the past often did not take into consideration a range of natural hazards (ie flood, slip, acid sulphate soils etc), standards were not in place (AS3959 was first published in 1991) and development often occurred in a ad-hoc way. Many older...
06 Apr 14
By : Lew Short
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