pretrip and posttrip: no excuses 2008-2009 new york state education department driver and attendant...
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Pretrip and Posttrip: No Excuses2008-2009 New York
State Education Department Driver and Attendant
Refresher
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Playing the odds 20 children will die in school
bus accidents in the US this year Your yearly odds are 1 in 27,500 – pretty safe In your 100 bus fleet, odds are 1 death every
275 years But, on average, in New York State, 2 children
will be killed each year Who is your team? Who matters? You, your
fleet, your state, all school bus drivers, all children?
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Today’s Objectives
Actively caring for safety Doing a daily personal pretrip Hot Inspection Topics:
Mirrors Emergency Exits Security Sleeping Children Pumping down the brakes
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“Safely Transporting Students”
No Intervention
Notice a need – is something wrong?
Intervention required – am I needed?
Perform Actively Caring Behavior
Choose intervention – What should I do?
Assume responsibility – should I intervene?
yes
yes
yes
yes
No
No
No
No
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What does that look like?
Team actively cares about goals, action plans, and consequences
Team believes in and owns the mission Team decides to feel obligated to work
towards goals and support the vision Team gives rewarding, supportive, and
corrective feedback to increase behaviors consistent with vision-relevant goals.
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Snitching or Supporting?
What driver or attendant behaviors would you bring to their attention?
What driver or attendant behaviors would you bring to a supervisor’s attention?
What are the possible outcomes?
Who really wins or loses?
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Your Personal Pretrip
Sleep – Alcohol or drugs Personal stress – Physical fitness Evacuation plans Relations with staff Relations w/children and
parents On time to work Accurate DVIR
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John Donne revisited
No one is an island,
No one stands alone.
Each one’s joy is joy to me,
Each one’s grief is my own.
We need one another.
So I will defend,
Each one as my sibling,
Each one as my friend1572-1631
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Pretrip & Posttrip Hot Topics Mirrors Emergency Exits Security Sleeping Children Pump the Brakes
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Pretrip: Mirrors
Which mirrors are used for:
1. PM right
2. PM left
3. BOB
4. Pedestrians around bus
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Pretrip: Emergency Exits
Doors unlocked Check from outside All exits all the way Not just to “vent” Keeps hinges
working Stay open as
designed?
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Pretrip and Posttrip Security Pre-trip and post-trip
inspections that reveal the following may suggest the need for further attention:
New marks or noticeable force of entry into vehicle
Unusual foreign item(s) attached to vehicle
Opened or disturbed compartments.
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TSA recommends checking the following areas for suspicious packages, devices, substances, unattended baggage, backpacks, etc.:
Clean bus a must! Wheelchair lifts Lights Wheel wells Engine compartments Floors Below seats Driver's area Step wells
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It’s probably nothing…but Exhaust system Fuel and air tanks Back/side emergency exit
door(s) Wheel wells Over windshield Trash can Luggage compartments Battery box
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Posttrip: Sleeping Children, etc. 1 minute to check Under seats Find children, lost
items, suspicious packages
Identify vandalism Weather extremes
can kill children Stranger Danger Lose job
Five-year-old child left alone on bus for half-hour 'Policies and procedures may not have been followed'By Denise Smith Amos Enquirer staff writer
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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Posttrip: Pumping Down the BrakesAmber Sadiq May 2006 Driver left vehicle to get lunch Passerby child released brake Always pump down brakes
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Looking Back
Actively caring for safety Doing a daily personal pretrip Hot Inspection Topics:
Mirrors Emergency Exits Security Pumping down the brakes Sleeping Children
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Actively Caring means… Not just knowing how to do
inspections but believing in their importance
Caring not just for your outcomes, but your fellow drivers and attendants as well
Committing to the children’s safe transport
Pride
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“Never ever compromise yourself as a professional. Not to a student, a teacher, a parent, or to another transportation professional.
Demand respect from all you deal with in your job. If we do not respect ourselves, then we cannot expect others to respect us, or more importantly, to respect the role in which we serve.”
Jack Gaffney, Rush-Henrietta CSD
Thank you for Actively Caring