Motorcoach and School Bus Fire Safety Analysis

Details

• Creators:
  Meltzer, Neil ; Beaven, Lauren ; Canas, Nelson ; Istfan, Nadeem ; Phillips, Britt
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fire extinguishing agents
  • Fire detection systems
  • Buses
  • School buses
  • Transit safety
  • Inspection
  • Risk assessment
  • motorcoach
  • school bus
  • passenger carrier
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FMCSA-RRR-16-016;DOT-VNTSC-FMCSA-16-02
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1502980
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology
• NTL Classification:
  AGR-PASSENGERS-PASSENGERS ; AGR-PASSENGERS-Intercity Bus ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety
• Abstract:
  This report documents a motorcoach and school bus fire safety analysis performed by the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This report aims to: 1) identify the causes, frequency, and severity of motorcoach and school bus fires in the United States, and 2) recommend ways to prevent or reduce the severity of these incidents, especially through improving the effectiveness of vehicle inspection practices. This report succeeds Volpe’s 2009 Motorcoach Fire Safety Analysis (henceforth referred to as the 2009 study), and has been expanded to include school bus fires. The 2009 study established a database of spontaneous motorcoach fires collecting information from U.S. Government, industry, and media sources and analyzed the safety risk of motorcoach fires. The study also sought to identify potential measures for risk reduction. The current report updates and expands on the 2009 study to include all motorcoach and school bus fires.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12392/dot_12392_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.76 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:aa910209dba215c84c47bb3cd42a484e15fba95421f946e93fba62be52c91e72