from the rear emergency door exit. To avoid these situations, schools should organize and conduct emergency exit drills for all pupils who ride the school bus. In conducting school bus evacuation drills, school officials should consider and observe the guidelines and procedures set forth in the Standards for Utah School Buses and Operations, “Instructions for Conducting Emergency Exit Drills.” Standards for Utah School Buses and Operations, Appendix 5, p. 129-30 (2004) Emergency procedures The Board will develop an emergency plan consistent with the following guidelines, in consultation with the Pupil Transportation Director and the personnel of those agencies that will render service during emergencies. Copies of the plan should be carried in each bus. The plan will instruct the District Pupil Transportation Director, school administrators, teachers, drivers, maintenance and service personnel, pupils and others of the procedures to be followed in the event of: 1. Accidents. The plan should spell out the following:
a. How to prevent further accidents. b. How to evacuate and control pupils. c. How to evaluate the need for medical assistance. d. How to get help from the police, fire department and the garage.
e. How to collect and record data essential to the preparation of the required accident reports. An operational plan to provide two-way communication with parents and/or guardians is imperative. 2. Sudden Disability of Driver. The plan should establish procedures for handling situations resulting in the fatal injury or disability of the bus driver. The District should communicate these procedures to the appropriate persons. 3. Road Failure. The plan should cover the procedure for: a. Securing the bus. b. Controlling the passengers. c. Diagnosing the causes of road failure. d. Notifying school officials. e. Recovering the disabled school bus. 4. Inclement weather conditions. The emergency plan should provide procedures for determining: a. When schools are to be closed. b. Who is to make such decisions. c. How decisions are to be relayed to parents, pupils, school officials and staff, drivers, contractors, maintenance and service personnel, the news media and others. d. How to react to such natural phenomena as floods, earthquakes, etc.
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