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£ School bus drivers from an Arizona school district were tested to find a hidden fake explosion in their bus during an in-service training competition.
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chool districts across the coun- try conducted emergency drills before opening their doors this fall. Creighton Elementary School Dis-
trict in Arizona held a training exercise to test bus drivers’ ability to find a hidden fake explosive during their vehicle inspection. Cathy Erwin, the Phoenix school dis-
trict's transportation director, told STN she and two mechanics developed the in-service training “competition” to be proactive in demonstrating a real, potential scenario sug- gested by Homeland Security officials. Tree teams of eight to nine drivers each
had 10 minutes to perform the pre-trip inspection, minus the brake test. “Ten minutes doesn't sound like much
time, but when you break it down into three areas and with two to three people looking for defects, it was plenty,” said Erwin, adding that only one team found the fake bomb, which resembles dynamite. She plans to plant the item at least once on every bus this school year. Meanwhile, Houston ISD and the local
fire department staged several emergency drills involving school buses during its August training. About 1,000 school bus drivers took part in both classroom and field training to prepare for a train derailment, a multi-vehicle crash and an armed trespasser aboard the bus. Mark Swackhamer, senior manager of
fleet operations, said the first day included classroom exercises on pre- and post-trip inspections, rescue training, the use of EpiPens and response to food allergies. Te next day, bus drivers travelled to the
fire department’s training center to receive some hands-on training with retired school buses that had been destined for scrap. Te firefighters set a controlled fire and used theater smoke on four buses. Tey also hid dummies representing trapped students, so drivers then had to look for the “children.” Another scenario involved an armed intrud- er entering the bus. And in Madison, Wis., the Middle-
ton-Cross Plains Area School District staged a school bus–dump truck crash to teach the importance of keeping accurate records of students onboard. Nine local emergency and law enforcement agencies took part in the morning exercise, along with some 30 students and nearly 20 parent volunteers. By 9:25 a.m., the district had developed
phone, text and voice mail communications to be sent to district families, along with the board of education, school adminis- trators and district staff. Impacted fam- ilies received multiple calls and e-mails throughout the morning. Superintendent Don Johnson met with
local media to discuss the accident during an 11:30 a.m. news conference, which con- cluded the exercise.
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