School Bus Incidents: Are You Really Ready?

摘要

Since I first wrote about school bus extrication in the December 1997 and January 1998 issues of Fire Engineering, not much has changed concerning school buses themselves. They are built to federal, state, and local standards that have stayed mostly the same, which is that school buses must be designed and built tough enough to withstand significant impact while protecting our children inside the passenger compartment of the bus. This is accomplished through a design that uses heavier-than-normal vehicle construction techniques, a high-profile chassis, seating compartmentation, and various safety features.