Road traffic accidents can happen anywhere. Traffic conditions, weather, vehicle conditions, driver’s driving behavior and his/her physical and mental health conditions, as well as passenger’s individual behavior can be contributing factors. During vehicle accidents involving fire, fuel leakage or other causes, the decision to evacuate passengers must be a timely one. The more people know and understand the emergency facilities in the vehicle, definitely, the easier it will be to handle the emergency. The traffic accident happened in Taiwan in July 2016 drew our attention to the safety of the staff/student buses arranged by the University.
Course participants found the training very useful; HSEO will arrange additional session as needed!
In March 2017, with help from CSO and bus service provider, HSEO provided bus safety and emergency preparedness training to representatives of the “HKUST Staff Bus Users’ Group”. The training covered the following:
- Knowledge and practical skills to respond effectively and safely, if passengers are required to evacuate.
- Proper use of emergency exit doors for emergency evacuation.
- Safe use of fire extinguisher for fire-fighting.
- Proper skills for window glass breaking and trimming off passenger’s seat belt by using window breaker/cutter when in emergency.
