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bus are going to be about 70
times safer than if they were to
ride in a passenger car and 10
times safer than if they were
walking to school,” Hamel said.
Even with the many safety
features a bus has, like its sig-
nature iconic yellow paint which
has been around since 1939 and
its warning lights, those features
mean nothing if motorists don’t
take heed.
“Yellow flashing lights mean
slow down, the bus is about to
stop. The red flashing lights on a
school bus means we’re stopped,
students are either loading or un-
loading, pay attention…just be
patient and look out for the stu-
dents.”
Hamel said drivers should
also know the laws; know when
you’re supposed to stop and to
stay about 20 feet behind a bus.
Though a crossing gate fea-
ture allows increased visibility
of students who are about to load
or disembark, it’s also important
the students themselves maintain
an awareness of their surround-
ings.
“Pay attention to the bus driv-
er,” Hamel advised. “We’re go-
ing to give you a thumbs up when
it’s safe to come to the bus and
until that happens, stay about 10
feet away from the bus.”
Once students embark on the
bus, they should use handrails to
keep balance from heavy book-
bags or wetness from rain. After
they’re seated, Hamel recom-
mends students to sit with their
feet flat on the ground and their
backs against the back of their
seat. The seats are also designed
for safety, with heavy duty pad-
ding and high back seats creat-
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his gym had burned, and by Tues-
day morning, fire officials con-
firmed the building was destroyed.
A nearby bike park suffered some
smoke and water damage, but was
still intact.
The cause of the fire was not
known and under investigation.
Neighbors reported hearing explo-
sions during the fire, but officials
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ing a protective area that absorbs
and disperses an impact—known
as “compartmentalization.”
If kids get too loud or rowdy,
it’s customary for the bus to pull
over until the students calm them-
selves and stay still so the driver
can concentrate on the road.
“It’s always fun to be first, ev-
erybody wants to be the first one
off the bus. But you can’t move
until the bus is stopped. And
that’s for your safety.”
When kids do move on the
bus, they should walk, not run,
Hamel said.
As for parents, Hamel recom-
mends showing their child the
bus stops and introducing their
child to the bus driver.
“The bus driver is the first
person you’re going to see be-
fore you go to school and it’s the
last person you’re going to see
before you go home. So intro-
duce them to that person.”
First Student contracts with
multiple school districts in Mult-
nomah County and their buses
are equipped with GPS track-
ers. Some of the newer buses
added to the fleet this year also
have onboard sensors that gives
a warning to “please sit down”
if it detects a student—or unau-
thorized person—standing up on
the bus for too long and an alarm
sound rings until they are seated.
School bus drivers are also
some of the most highly-trained,
tested and scrutinized drivers
on the road, with First Student
drivers typically taking part in at
least 50 hours of rigorous train-
ing and extensive background
checks before taking the helm
of the reinforced steel buses that
weigh about the weight of two
elephants, Hamel said.
“One of our best safety fea-
tures are the drivers.”
Nationally, First Student
transports about 26 million pas-
sengers daily across 1,100 con-
tracted school districts, which
is more passengers-per-day
than that of commercial airline
flights, Hamel said.
said the sounds could have been
from burning tires exploding. 50
cars in a storage lot caught fire and
were destroyed.
The Red Cross set up a disaster
center at Mannahouse Church in
northeast Portland to give people a
place to evacuate from the flames
and get water.
Tuesday, the Portland area con-
tinued to be under an extreme Red
Flag fire danger warning, com-
bined with an extreme heat advi-
sory, prime conditions for fire to
spread quickly. Temperatures were
expected to reach in the high 90s
through Wednesday before moder-
ating to the 80s later in the week.