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Between 2005 and 2018, 85,661 wildfires in the Panhandle and North Texas areas resulted in 1,915 homes lost, 30 fatalities and 6.3 million acres burned. To combat such losses, Texas A&M Forest Service began development of a grassroots approach to community protection that involves ranchers, fire departments, state agencies, local governments, and the private sector. Texas Ranch Wildfire Program will work with landowners to identify priority areas, points of contact, mapping of water sources, sensitive areas, fences, gates and other zones within the ranch to allow firefighters to make tactical decisions that reflect the landowner's priorities.