School Bus Accidents Prevent/Prepare/Respond/Recover

Agenda

• Introduction

• High level findings

• Mitigation

• Preparation

• Response

• Recovery

• Next steps, Q&A

What we will learn:

• This is an important topic

• There are four distinct phases of an accident plan

• Communications are critical

Mass Casualty Incident

Who shows up:

• EMT personnel

• Ambulances

• Firefighters

• Police officers

• Media

• Parents

Agenda

• Background

• High level findings

• Mitigate

• Prepare

• Respond

• Recover

• Next steps, Q&A

Mitigation and Prevention

• The goal of mitigation is to decrease the need for response as opposed to simply increasing response capability.

Mitigation and Prevention

• Routing

• Location of bus stops

• Driver training

• Student training

Sample accident analysis

Preparedness

• Good planning will facilitate a rapid, coordinated, effective response when a crisis occurs.

Preparedness

• Coordinate with partners ahead of time

• Know who is on the bus

• Make sure importance is understood

Response

• A crisis is the time to follow the crisis plan and make use of your preparations.

Response

• Who responds

• What needs to be done

• Communications

Big bump or little bump?

Recovery

• During recovery, return to learning and restore the infrastructure as quickly as possible.

Recovery

• Follow up

with parents

• Documentation

It’s not important until you don’t do it right

Next steps