Monecito Union School provides Earthquake PSA to MFD for Radio and Web

Posted by Geri Ventura -

January 6, 2010 - The Montecito Fire Protection District is excited to incorporate the efforts of Montecito Union School songwriter's class into their website's Disaster Preparedness page and Community Informational Radio Station 1680 AM.

"Drop, Take Cover, and Hold On", is a song written as a public service announcement, that educates citizens on what to do during an earthquake. The song was the creation of Montecito Union School After School Enrichment Songwriting Class and class instructor Lanny Sherwin.

Mr. Sherwin, President of the children's record label, Sandman Records, was prompted to encourage the class to write the song after the school participated with MERRAG in the statewide "Great California Shakeout" earthquake drill held in October.

MERRAG volunteer and Montecito Union School Teacher Vicky Harbison contacted Mr. Sherwin and asked if the class could work on an emergency preparedness public service announcement for the Fire District's Community Informational Radio Station 1680 AM.

It took only one afternoon for the class to create the tune, and with the help of Sea Music Studio, they recorded it and provided the Fire District with a music file that could be uploaded to their website and radio station.

Montecito Fire encourages the community to tune to 1680 AM to hear the jingle, throughout the month January and add 1680 AM to their preset stations for other local information. In addition to being used for community announcements and preparedness information, the radio station is used by the Fire District to make urgent notifications to Montecito residents during local emergencies.

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The Montecito Community Informational Radio Station 1680 AM is a low power radio station and its transmission is limited in the vicinity of the Montecito Community.

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