What happened to Doug Ford’s call for a national wildfire strategy? But by the end of the three-day conference, there was no mention of a new national wildfire strategy or increased federal funding to buy equipment. They have been very good about giving us (water bombers on loan), but we need a large national strategy,” he said. The premiers held three news conferences during the meeting, and a national wildfire strategy was not mentioned at any of them. DO WE NEED A NATIONAL WILDFIRE STRATEGY?