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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A public or private bus has crashed. You are passenger, driver, or witness.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Tilted bus, broken windows, passengers on floor, fuel smell.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Doors jammed, horn sounding, or children crying trapped.
Scene hazards: Fuel leak, Traffic, Panicked crowd, Blocked exits
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Open emergency exit if main door blocked — roof hatch only if trained.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 — report bus accident and passenger count estimate.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Assign helpers: one at door, one counting exits, one directing traffic.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Mark seriously injured — tell ambulance location inside bus.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Say: "Bus accident at [location]. Approximately [N] passengers."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report school bus if applicable — parents must be notified by authorities.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Unconscious, seizure, or heavy bleeding needs priority ambulance.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — All passengers should be evaluated — shock hides injury.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT carry spinal-injury suspects down bus stairs without support.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT let crowd surge through single exit.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Everyone should rush out the front door immediately
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Single-exit stampedes crush people. Use all usable exits and help vulnerable passengers first.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Crowd crush at bus door kills after minor crashes.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Buses carry many unrestrained passengers — falls and flying objects cause head injury.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — High floor and narrow stairs complicate evacuation of injured.