This award-winning video dramatically demonstrates the lessons that homeowners and fire officials learned in the wake of the 1996 Miller's Reach/Big Lake Wildfire. Numerous interviews were conducted with the people that were directly impacted and threatened by the wildfire, along with how they responded in aiding their friends and neighbors. Their stories teach home and business owners the steps to lessen the threat of wildfire in their communities. In South Central Alaska, fire officials say, "It's not a matter of IF, but a matter of WHEN!"