That too declared, “Climate change is a key contributor to bushfire conditions and … the frequency and intensity of bushfires in the state”. Fuel-reduction measures aside, the question of how to prevent small fires getting bigger has always been at the heart of bushfire inquiries. Somewhere between the first smoke report and the point at which thousands of hectares are burning, a series of decisions is made. While they deserve attention, these topics address the consequences of large fires rather than the reasons they became large in the first place. Yet despite this accumulation of knowledge, policy has increasingly focused on responding to large fires rather than preventing fires from becoming large in the first place.