FILE: EDC-P2
Cf: EDC
HEAD START EMERGENCY BUS PROCEDURES
BUS ACCIDENT
Definition
A bus accident is any unusual occurrence that interrupts/hinders the safe transporting of students/adults.
Action Plan
Bus operator follows Emergency Procedures in Bulletin 1475 and is prepared to answer such questions as:
How many students are on bus?
Is the bus blocking the roadway?
Are there any injuries?
Is emergency medical assistance needed?
Driver contacts the center director, Chantell Walker.
Director contacts Director of Early Childhood, Transportation and Superintendent.
Transportation Operations Coordinator, mechanic, and director respond and assess accident scene. (Director reports to the accident site takes emergency cards to scene of accident.)
If EMS Technicians have not been called to scene, Transportation Operations Coordinator and director make initial medical assessments and the decision regarding involvement of paramedics.
If EMS Technicians are contacted, they become responsible for decision to transport passengers to hospital and for contacting hospital to report number and age levels of students to be transported.
All students who need and/or request medical attention are transported to hospital.
All students are questioned regarding their condition and given an opportunity to be assessed.
School personnel at accident scene prepare a list of names of students involved in accident/incident, noting those who are transported to hospital and telephone numbers where parents can be reached.
The Transportation Operations Coordinator will brief the Supervisor of Physical Plant, Transportation, and Safety Services regarding the District’s liability, and a decision will be made to determine guarantor of the accident. If the district is not the guarantor, the other party’s insurance information (if available) will be relayed to the hospital’s business office.
The EMS Technicians will contact the hospital’s Emergency Department at 652-7000 with the approximate number and level of students to be transported to the hospital.
The center director completes the incident report and reports the incident to the Louisiana Licensing Division within 24 hours.
Principal/designee contacts school and reports name(s) of student(s) who are riding the bus and those who will be transported to the hospital.
Principal/designee and Communications Coordinator contact parent(s) of student(s) who are on the bus, using the statement prepared by the Transportation Operations Coordinator and completing parent contact log.
Supervisor of Physical Plant, Transportation, and Safety Services, Transportation Operations Coordinator, principal/designee, and Resource Officer, if applicable, report to the hospital and develop a plan for closely supervising students. (Principal/designee remains in Emergency Department.)
A transportation administrator will co-sign with the EMS Technician under the narrative section of the EMS Run Report, releasing to the school district those students identified by the Emergency Medical Services Technician as not injured.
Students transported to hospital are examined and a medical assessment rendered.
Depending on the outcome of medical assessments, students may be released to parents, guardians or anyone on the emergency card.
Principal/designee records medical assessment of each student examined and approves and records students’ release to individual(s) on the emergency card. (The list generated earlier is used for recording this information.)
Students not taken to hospital and those not released to parents/guardians are transported home or to school, depending on time of day.
Transportation Operations Coordinator completes incident report with assistance from school personnel.
The Transportation Operations Coordinator is the liaison for all future communications related to the accident.
BUS INCIDENT
Definition
A bus incident is any unusual occurrence that interrupts/hinders the safe transporting of students/adults (e.g. bus malfunctions, inoperable, breaks down).
Action Plan
Bus operator and Bus Monitor follows Emergency Procedures in Bulletin 1475 and HSES performance standards Safety Practices 1302.47. Head Start Standards Transportation 1303.72 (how to respond to emergencies, child pick-up and release procedures, only releasing children to an authorized adult; maintaining procedures and systems to ensure children are only released to an authorized adult).
Staff must be prepared to answer such questions as:
How many students are on bus?
Is the bus blocking the roadway?
Are there any injuries?
Is emergency medical assistance needed?
Are emergency contact lists updated?
Operator or Bus monitor contacts the administrator, Chantell Walker (WSJE), Pamelyn Smith (LPE) or Melissa Watson (GMMS).
Administrator contacts the Director of Early Childhood, Transportation and Superintendent.
Transportation Operations Coordinator, mechanic, and director respond and assist with ensuring the bus isn’t hazardous. (Administrator reports to the incident site and takes updated emergency cards to scene of the incident.)
School personnel at the incident scene prepare a list of names of students involved in the incident, noting those who are Head Start students.
The Bus Operator or Bus Monitor contacts parent(s) of students(s) who are on the bus by using the emergency contact cards/Authorization to release forms.
The Bus Monitor contacts school and reports name(s) of student(s) who are left without an authorized person to receive them. The Principal/designee will remain with the students until an authorized adult has been contacted and receives them.
NOTE: Black squares () indicate action steps which involve school personnel.
New procedure: February 16, 2023
Ref: Board minutes, 2-16-23
St. John the Baptist Parish School Board