Post-Crash Procedures, Reporting, and Security
Immediate actions
This domain tests post-crash procedures, reporting, and security. After any crash, stop, set the parking brake, turn off the engine, and activate hazard lights. Check students and yourself for injuries. Call 911 and dispatch with location, number of students, injuries, and hazards. Do not move an injured person unless there is immediate danger such as fire. Evacuate if there is fire, smoke, fuel spill, or a dangerous position. Move students to a safe assembly point away from traffic and the bus.
Reporting and scene control
Exchange required information with other drivers, but do not argue fault or admit liability. Get names, plates, insurance, and witnesses. Protect the scene with triangles or flares only if safe and trained. Do not leave the scene until authorities release you and students are accounted for. Complete the school district crash report promptly and accurately. Notify the school and parents through the official channel.
Security
Keep the bus locked when unattended and keys controlled. Challenge unauthorized persons politely, do not allow unauthorized removal of a student, and report threats, suspicious packages, or suspicious behavior. Follow lockdown and evacuation instructions from dispatch or law enforcement. Do not share student information with unauthorized people.
Worked example
A minor collision damages a mirror; no one is hurt. You stop, set the brake, turn on hazards, check students, call dispatch and police, and move the bus only if it is safe and authorized. You document the mirror damage and other driver’s information without discussing fault. Leaving because damage is minor is a violation.
Traps that cost marks
Do not leave the scene. Do not move injured students unnecessarily. Do not admit fault or post about the crash. Do not release a student to an unauthorized adult. Do not skip the report because there were no injuries.