Risk to Indigenous and Information regarding non-Indigenous Loss of assets, loss Indigenous heritage sites may heritage in of scar trees, have limited access, Mansfield through Cultural, Lightning, 19 Social secondary impacts knowledge of location of Possible Moderate secondary fire control Heritage human factors Serious on burial sites and Indigenous sites may be measures (bulldozers stone scatters limited particularly with first etc) and on severe and responders above FDR days Loss of vegetation species diversity Risk to fire influenced EVC include Damp Forest, and structure vegetation being Montane Dry Woodland and Lightning, leading to a long 20 impacted or changed by Environment Biodiversity Montane Herb-rich Woodland Possible Moderate bushfire term change in the Serious fire on an extreme or the majority would be found on vegetation class / code red days public land. structure and / or conservation status the loss of EVC include Montane Riparian Risk to fire sensitive vegetation species Thicket, Montane Riparian vegetation being diversity and Woodland, Montane Wet 20 Lightning, impacted or changed by Environment Biodiversity structure leading to Forest, Sub-alpine Shrubland, Possible Moderate a) bushfire Serious fire on an extreme or a long term change Sub-alpine Woodland and Wet code red days in the vegetation Forest, the majority would be class/structure found on public land Loss of assets, Loss of DELWP and reduction in ability Parks Vic infrastructure Potential impacting fire People, social to control (bridges, campgrounds Lightning, response efforts, location Significant 21 Economic setting through reduced Unlikely Low etc) in forested areas human factors dependent for degree of Infrastructure access, time and from fire on very high impact etc cost of recover, loss and above days of tourism Indirect Risk of mobile service impacts e.g. Towers themselves fairly fire Temporary loss of being interrupted due to Loss of power resistance, mobile telephone Serious 22 towers being impacted Economic Infrastructure to tower (most communications devices still Unlikely Moderate service for a small by bushfire on very high likely cause - operating, mostly sited in open area and above FDR days direct impact areas to structure)
19 Risk to Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage in Mansfield through secondary fire control measures (bulldozers etc) and on severe and above FDR days Social Cultural, Heritage Lightning, human factors Loss of assets, loss of scar trees, secondary impacts on burial sites and stone scatters Information regarding Indigenous heritage sites may have limited access, knowledge of location of Indigenous sites may be limited particularly with first responders Possible Moderate Serious 20 Risk to fire influenced vegetation being impacted or changed by fire on an extreme or code red days Environment Biodiversity Lightning, bushfire Loss of vegetation species diversity and structure leading to a long term change in the vegetation class / structure and / or conservation status EVC include Damp Forest, Montane Dry Woodland and Montane Herb-rich Woodland the majority would be found on public land. Possible Moderate Serious 20 a) Risk to fire sensitive vegetation being impacted or changed by fire on an extreme or code red days Environment Biodiversity Lightning, bushfire the loss of vegetation species diversity and structure leading to a long term change in the vegetation class/structure EVC include Montane Riparian Thicket, Montane Riparian Woodland, Montane Wet Forest, Sub-alpine Shrubland, Sub-alpine Woodland and Wet Forest, the majority would be found on public land Possible Moderate Serious 21 Loss of DELWP and Parks Vic infrastructure (bridges, campgrounds etc) in forested areas from fire on very high and above days Economic People, social setting Infrastructure Lightning, human factors Loss of assets, reduction in ability to control through reduced access, time and cost of recover, loss of tourism Potential impacting fire response efforts, location dependent for degree of impact etc Unlikely Low Significant 22 Risk of mobile service being interrupted due to towers being impacted by bushfire on very high and above FDR days Economic Infrastructure Indirect impacts e.g. Loss of power to tower (most likely cause - direct impact to structure) Temporary loss of mobile telephone service for a small area Towers themselves fairly fire resistance, communications devices still operating, mostly sited in open areas Unlikely Moderate Serious
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