Sheli DeLaney hosts on Thursday, July 23, 2020
Today we’ll meet local jazz fusion trio 247 and hear about their new album, Pyah!.
CBJ Parks and Rec will be on the show to update us on the plan for Juneau trails.
And we will get the latest information about COVID 19 and Juneau’s response from Deputy City Manager Mila Cosgrove.
That’s Thursday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.
The live-in staff at Capital City Fire/Rescue’s Station 2 in downtown Douglas are all women and some of them are the newest first responders in Juneau.
This is not the first time that the fire station has been fully staffed by women, but it’s reflective of a trend over the past decade.
Meg Thordarson has been with the fire department for 11 years. She noted changes in the industry over time.
“Definitely more women involved in the department from medics to fire personnel to being on special teams,” she said in an interview on Juneau Afternoon. “We’re accepted a lot better, not just in Juneau Fire Department but statewide. The numbers of women are growing.”
The three other women of Station 2 — Jannelle Pine, Cat Pearson, and Sadie Inman — are recent graduates of the city’s firefighter academy.
Their class graduated in May and it was unusual in two ways: they were mostly women and they graduated during a pandemic.
“I was told that the other academies usually had a couple girls sprinkled in and this academy was the first one that was, by the end of it, the majority of it was women,” said Inman.
Classes began in early January and continued until March, but when COVID-19 came to Alaska some decisions had to be made.
“We continued because it was considered emergency work and it’s important to have first responders be able to get trained and get certified so that way in a pandemic like this we can be useful and help out the community,” said Pine.
The cadets had to make a few adjustments and be patient with delays in order to take their final exams and complete the course. Although it was a few weeks later than originally planned, the graduates earned firefighter and hazmat state certifications and are now eligible to be hired as career staff.
“For the department one kind of scary thing is if somebody in the department gets sick that puts a whole shift down at a station, when we don’t have a whole lot of first responders to begin with,” said Pearson, who noted that it doesn’t take much in a small community like Juneau for the support system to break down.
“Just because we’re in a pandemic doesn’t mean that the other medical calls are stopping,” she said. “We really need to try and do our best to keep our resources available for that.”
It is important to Pearson and her fellow first responders that everyone take as many precautions as they possibly can.
Listen to the full interview:
Cheryl Snyder hosts on Wednesday, July 22, 2020.
On today’s show, Master Gardeners explain how to safely participate in this year’s garden tour.
We’ll check in with Theater in the Rough,
and Juneau’s Al-Anon chapter will update us on their activities.
That’s Wednesday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.
Juneau Afternoon will be on its summer schedule of Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays this week. In its place on Mondays, please enjoy It’s Been A Minute, and on Tuesdays, Splendid Table on KTOO 104.3 FM. Folk Alley airs on KRNN 102.7 at 4:00 p.m.
Tune in Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO for a sampler of Mudrooms, Juneau’s storytelling event (rebroadcast from last summer).
Mandy Nguyen hosts on Friday, July 17, 2020.
Friday on Juneau Afternoon, we’ll learn about next week’s Virtual Alaska Disability Pride Celebration from the statewide organizers.
And Tlingit Artist Alison Bremner will be on to tell us about her new clothing line & business, Caffeinated Raven;
That’s Friday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.
Sheli DeLaney hosts on Thursday, July 16, 2020
Thursday on Juneau Afternoon, we’ll meet actress Skyler Joy from Ketchikan, and hear about her role on a new STARZ original series based on a Katori Hall play, P-Valley.
Friends of the Library will give us the details about their re-opening.
Last Chance Mining Museum will talk to us about their activities this summer.
That’s Thursday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.
