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Annex A to Bush Fire Coordinating Committee Policy No. 1/2008 Bush Fire Risk Management 1.3 Description of the Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby BFMC Area The Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby BFMC area is located in greater Sydney area of New South Wales and includes the Local Government Area/s of Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby. It also includes areas of the Lane Cove National Park. The area covered by the Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby BFMC is 8,000 hectares and includes the land tenures outlined in Table 1.1. National Parks & Wildlife Service 0.1 (DECC) Department of Lands 3.8 Local Government 22 Private 73 All other 1.1 The typical/average climate* in the Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby BFMC area is: Mean daily maximum summer temperature of 27˚ C Mean daily minimum temperature in winter of 7 - 8˚C Mean annual rainfall of approximately 1,100mm 10 – 11 wet days per month Mean wind speed at 9am of 9 -10km/hour (*Taken from an average of Sydney and Parramatta meteorological data) The localised conditions within Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby BFMC will vary due to local wind and temperature patterns formed by the orientation of and changes in landforms and vegetation cover. The bush fire season generally runs from October to March. Prevailing weather conditions associated with the bush fire season in the Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby BFMC area are North-westerly winds accompanied by high daytime temperatures and low relative humidity. Bush Fire Coordinating Committee – Policy No 1/2008 Adopted by the Bush Fire Coordinating Committee - Minute No. 24/2008
Annex A to Bush Fire Coordinating Committee Policy No. 1/2008 Bush Fire Risk Management In terms of future climatic range, under current climate change impact models, reports released by CRC suggest that areas prone to bushfires, such as locales within Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby BFMC, ma y become hotter and drier, with greater prevalence of high wind conditions. Furthermore, current predictions propose an increase in very high and extreme fire danger day s. A manifestation of these bushfire-favouring factors must be taken into consideration by Land Managers when it comes to future mitigation practices for managing at-risk areas within the bushland urban environment 2 . The population of the Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby BFMC area is approximately 200,000 people. The major population centres are spread throughout the local government areas. The following issues have been identified within the Hunters Hill, Ryde, Lane Cove, Willoughby BFMC area as potentially impacting on the ability of certain sections of the community to prepare themselves for bush fire: high levels of people with non English speaking background seasonal population changes e.g. high tourism areas, student accommodation, corporate accommodation corporate ownership of land areas with high residential turnover / rental accommodation large number of residential aged care facilities and schools 2 BushFire CRC 2006 Fire Note Issue 4: Climate change and its impact on the management of Bushfire. Bush Fire Coordinating Committee – Policy No 1/2008 Adopted by the Bush Fire Coordinating Committee - Minute No. 24/2008
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