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SHAKE OUT SAN DIEGO: STUDENTS AND LOCAL EXPERTS PRACTICE EARTHQUAKE DRILL

October 17, 2013, 10:10 - 11 am, Demonstration at Lewis Middle School

Event Location:
Lewis Middle School
5170 Greenbrier Ave. (Allied Gardens)
San Diego, CA (Map)

Event Contact:
Courtney Pendleton, Red Cross, courtney.pendleton@redcross.org , 858-205-0148

No contact information available.


Summary:
As part of the Great ShakeOut drill, middle school students will demonstrate the Drop, Cover, Hold on technique, the safest response to an earthquake. Local experts in geology, fire and preparedness will be available for interviews about the potential for San Diego earthquakes and the fire danger that occurs after a quake.


Full Description:
SHAKE OUT SAN DIEGO:

STUDENTS PRACTICE EARTHQUAKE DRILL

Emergency Officials Remind San Diegans to Practice, Plan for Quakes

WHAT: People living in earthquake prone areas like the San Diego region, need to be ready and know what to do during an earthquake. If your family is not at home when an earthquake hits, do you know what to do?

As part of the Great ShakeOut drill, middle school students will demonstrate the Drop, Cover, Hold on technique, the safest response to an earthquake. San Diego City Schools and the Red Cross are among more than 820,000 San Diegans registered to participate in the earthquake drill. Worldwide, more than 9.4 million people have joined the drill.



Local experts in geology, fire and preparedness will be available for interviews about the potential for San Diego earthquakes and the fire danger that occurs after a quake. The fire chiefs will walk through a campus with school administrator to show how to mitigate this danger after an earthquake.



WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013

10:15 a.m. – CAMERA ARRIVAL ON-CAMPUS

10:25 a.m. -- ShakeOut Drill, Interviews



WHO: Students

Chief Thom Porter, San Diego County Fire Authority and CAL FIRE Unit Chief

Battalion Chief Dan Froelich, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department

Tony Young, CEO, American Red Cross San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter

Pat Abbott, Geologist



VISUALS: Middle school students practicing to “Drop, Cover and Hold On”

All speakers available for interviews.

Fire chiefs pointing out potential post-earthquake fire hazards.






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