That's how seriously Austin officials want you to take wildfire risk. "We need residents across Austin and across Travis County to be prepared for wildfire, and it could happen this month." "We just heard one panelist say, we need to have people start thinking about homes like they're fuel. Fire officials say in Central Texas, there have been fewer wildfires since it's been a rainy season, but that also means fuel for fires can grow. "The biggest example of some of our learning experience in Central Texas occurred back when we had the Bastrop Complex fire," Mayor Kirk Watson said.