Fire Chief Rick Hines interviews Acting Assistant City Manager Shawn Hart and Acting City Manager Lacey Simpson about Ketchikan’s responses to the Wolf Point and Third Avenue landslides, emergency operations, and financial tracking during disasters.

They discuss the marine shuttle operation, coordination between city and borough, an emergency exercise for the Ketchikan Lakes Dam, challenges of dual roles in the EOC, and lessons for community preparedness and resilience.

Rick Hines interviews Samantha Forsko, Ketchikan Museums director, about preserving artifacts and emergency preparedness. Samantha shares her background, museum work, and hands-on experience saving historic documents and personal items after water and fire incidents.

She offers simple, practical advice—prioritize water-damaged items, rinse and air dry, use soot sponges for smoke, store important documents in fireproof/waterproof containers, and keep digital backups and inventories for insurance. Learn about local resources, Museum Middays, and how the community can prepare and protect cherished belongings.

Emergency manager Rick Hines interviews Dave Owings, general manager of the Southeast Alaska Petroleum Response Organization, about oil-spill response, emergency operations center challenges, and lessons from the pandemic and local landslides.

The episode explores logistics in remote Alaska, the importance of planning and documentation, training local talent, and preserving institutional knowledge to strengthen Ketchikan's disaster resilience.