Passenger Vehicle Emergencies and Evacuation
What this domain tests
This domain tests whether you can secure a bus, choose whether to evacuate, move passengers to safety, and account for everyone. It covers fire, crash, medical emergency, and smoke events.
Core rules
- Stop safely, set the parking brake, shift to Park or Neutral, shut off the engine, and turn on hazard lights. Call 911 when possible.
- Evacuate only if staying aboard is more dangerous. Fire, smoke, fuel smell, or a vehicle in a hazardous position usually requires evacuation. A minor fender-bender may not.
- Announce the evacuation route: front door, rear door, emergency windows, or roof hatch. Send a helper to the rear if needed. Assist passengers with disabilities; do not use the lift in a fire emergency unless it is safe.
- Move passengers well away from traffic, upwind of fire, and behind a barrier. Keep them together and account for everyone.
- Fight only a small fire with the extinguisher, using PASS: pull, aim, squeeze, sweep. Never re-board a burning bus.
- Give first aid within your training. Do not move an injured person unless there is immediate danger.
Worked example
Smoke appears from a rear wheel well. The driver pulls over, sets the brake, shuts down, and orders evacuation out the front door away from the smoke. Correct reasoning: smoke can precede fire, and the rear door may be unusable. The driver accounts for passengers upwind, calls 911, and does not open the wheel well or re-board.
Traps that cost marks
Evacuating into traffic. Forgetting to shut off the engine. Letting passengers retrieve bags. Using the lift during a fire. Failing to count passengers.