School Bus Extrication

1. School Bus Extrication

2. School Bus Extrication • Thorough Size-Up • Initiate ICS • MCI Response • Request additional resources • Pumpers • Ambulances • Heavy rescue • PIO • School Rep. • PD

4. Roof access Seat level Floor level Battery Box

6. Types of Buses • Type A • Type B • Type C • Type D • (90 percent are C & D) • Size • Weight • Capacity • Location of Front Exit • Additional exits • Engine Location

7. Type A • Conversion body • Front section • Van type • Pick-up type • Gross weight rating of 10,000lbs or less • Capacity > 10

8. Type B • Conversion body • Van chassis • 10,000lbs or more • Capacity > 10 • Engine beneath or behind windshield, next to drivers seat • Entrance behind front wheels

9. Type C • Body installed on a flat back cowl chassis • 10,000lbs or more • Capacity > 10 • Engine in front of windshield • Entrance behind front wheels

10. Type D • Body installed on chassis • 10,000lbs or more • Capacity > 10 • Engine • Behind windshield • Midship • Rear axle • Entrance is before front wheels

11. Construction

13. Yellow Tanks

14. Rescue Corridor Enter Exit Establish a rescue corridor to maintain the one way flow of rescuer and victim removal and prevent congestion.

17. Extrication

18. Cribbing • Initial priority • Large amount of cribbing • Crib as you go • Rescue struts • Air bags • Wrecker • Do not flatten Tires!!!!!!!!!!!!

19. Tools • Hydraulic rescue tools • Cribbing • Halligan • Pry bars • More cribbing • Air Chisels • Hand Tools • Reciprocating saws • Saw blades, • Axe • Drill • More saw blades • Circular Saw • Rescue Struts When using cordless tools, always have extra batteries and electric tools ready as a back-up.

20. Bus Strength Weakest • Windows • Windshield • Doors • Bus Structure Itself Strongest

21. Bus Strength Weakest • Windows • Windshield • Doors • Bus Structure Itself Strongest

22. Seat Removal • Seats may be a main source of entanglement to victims.

23. Seat Removal • Cut legs along aisle with cutters or reciprocating saw. • Cut as low as possible.

24. Seat Removal • Remove seat from wall with spreaders.

25. Window Removal • Easily removed. • Remove screws from side windows on the interior. • Remove post with reciprocating saw or hydraulic cutters. • Cover sharp edges. • Blanket • Duct Tape

26. Windshield Removal

27. Roof Removal • 2 layers of sheet metal to cut through • Reciprocating saw • Air chisel • Circular saw • Halligan

28. Side Wall Removal • Remove side windows. • Disconnect batteries. • Reciprocating saw. • Look for coolant lines along floor for auxiliary heaters.

29. Side Wall Removal

30. Side Wall Removal

31. Tail Light Door Cut • Greater access • Hydraulic cutters • Reciprocating saw

32. Tail Light Door Cut • Remove glass. • Perform cuts; 1, 2, 3, & 4 with hydraulic cutters. • Perform 5th cut with reciprocating saw. 1 2 3 4 5

33. Tail Light Door Cut 1 2 3 5 4

34. Tail Light Door Cut

35. Tail Light Door Cut

36. Victim Removal thru Roof • Crib bus • Use existing openings • Use halligan to make holes for roof ladder

37. Victim Removal thru Roof

38. Victim Removal thru Roof

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