TRANSPORTATION

 
  Director of Transportation/Buildings and Grounds:

Tom Hogan
419-332-9296, Ext. 142

 

 

 

 

Transportation Facts 

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190,643 miles traveled by our buses in 2009

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53,442 miles traveled by our vans and cars in 2009

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28,858 gallons of fuel used in 2009
 

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12 bus and 2 van routes daily.

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Our fleet consists of 15 buses 5 vans and 4 cars. All buses
and vans are equipped with wheel chair lifts.

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Our routes travel the four corners of the 418 square miles in Sandusky County.

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We serve 8 school districts.

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552 special event trips were made in 2009.

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214 individual consumers and students are transported on our regular routes.

 

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Vehicles used on our regular routes go through 2
inspections daily.

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Vehicles are inspected at least twice yearly by the Ohio
Highway Patrol.

 

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Regular routes are assigned an onboard bus aide to assist the consumers and students in addition to the bus driver.

TRAINING:

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All transportation personnel maintain current Infant, Child
and Adult CPR as well as First Aid.

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Transportation personnel receive 32 – 40 hours training
annually.

Subjects Include:

  1. Wheel chair tie downs  

  2. School bus rules 

  3. Restraint systems 

  4. Universal precautions

  5. First aid and CPR 

  6. Confidentiality/HIPAA

  7. Incident reporting

  8. Abuser registry

  9. Drug free workplace

  10. Harassment training

  11. Wheel chair lift operation 

  12. Winter driving hazards

  13. Behavior support plans

  14. Vehicle evacuations

  15. Consumer/student rights

  16. Vehicle inspection procedures

  17. Fire suppression

  18. Lifting/body mechanics

  19. MUI reporting

  20. Health and safety reports

  21. Board policies and procedures

  22. Transportation manual review

  23. Seizures VNS

  24. Vehicle security
     

 
 
 
 

   

 
 
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Bus Transportation is the safest form of transportation in
the US.  Ohio has the highest rider mileage without injury
accident of all the states. There are 8 emergency exits per
bus.

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Van drivers go through the same rigorous training as our
bus drivers and maintain the same state training
certificates.

 

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Our friendly transportation staff are there to assist
individuals on and off the bus and to make sure that the
individuals get into their residence safely.

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On board people can socialize with their friends and share
the day’s experiences with others that they may not see during the day.

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Special events are held for only those who use SCBDD transportation.

 

 
 

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