Media Advisory -- SHAKE OUT SAN DIEGO: STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE WHAT TO DO DURING NATIONWIDE EARTHQUAKE DRILL

MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 16, 2013


SHAKE OUT SAN DIEGO: STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE WHAT TO DO DURING NATIONWIDE
EARTHQUAKE DRILL

Local Experts Remind San Diegans to Practice, Plan for Quakes


WHAT: People living in earthquake prone areas like the San Diego region
need to be prepared 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 Unified School District 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.

NOTE: The drill at Lewis Middle School will be held at 10:25 a.m., as the
official time of 10:17 a.m. is during a class passing period.

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013
10:15 a.m. -- CAMERA ARRIVAL ON-CAMPUS
10:25 a.m. -- ShakeOut Drill, Interviews

WHERE: Lewis Middle School, 5170 Greenbrier Ave. (Allied Gardens). Parking
available along Greenbrier in the bus area and on the street.


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; Dr. Pat Abbott, Geologist


VISUALS: Middle school students practicing to ³drop, cover and hold on²
All speakers available for interviews.
Fire chiefs discussing potential post-earthquake fire hazards.

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Media Contacts

Jack Brandais | San Diego Unified School District | jbrandais@sandi.net,
(619) 607-0477

Courtney Pendleton| Red Cross | courtney.pendleton@redcross.org, (858)
205-0148

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