EVACUATING SPECIAL STUDENTS

The California Department of Education's driver training program has developed a new method of handling unusual emergency situations on Type II vehicles. An evaluation team, including at least the driver, the teacher, and site coordinator or transportation supervisor, determines the capabilities of each individual on the vehicle. The team then predicts how each individual would react in a situation, designating each as leader, helper, or follower. Finally, the team indicates those students who are non-ambulatory or confined to wheelchairs and must be physically moved by the driver or under the driver's direction. Each driver should have a floor plan or seating chart with each student's name and a code signifying which of the three capabilities that child has. This article concludes with a discussion of procedures for a bus evacuation drill.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Bobit Publishing Company

  2500 Artesia Boulevard
  Redondo Beach, CA  United States  90278
• Publication Date: 1983-10

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • School Bus Fleet
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0036-6501
  • Serial URL: http://schoolbusfleet.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Evacuation; Persons with disabilities; School buses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency procedures
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386873
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 298
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM