Bus Industry Services

Bus Industry (school, charter and motorcoach) operators face the same challenges as their large commercial vehicle counterparts (including load considerations) but must also respond to and manage the needs of their passengers; the driver must observe and navigate unsafe behaviours, atmospheric considerations, and illegal or disruptive activities while piloting the bus safely and monitoring the ever-changing conditions of the road.

AFSI understands the unique demands faced by the Bus Industry and, as with any sector of the transportation industry, works collaboratively to provide relevant and diverse solutions that meet a client’s needs; current practices, policies and procedures, and the on-road performance record of your organization are used as the building blocks for our programs.

On the whole the Motor Coach, Charter Bus and School Bus industries have an exceptional safety record but the Bus Industry faces considerable scrutiny from the public because of the special nature of their cargo: people (with special emphasis on children and elderly persons). One incident reported negatively in the news media can dramatically affect the way people use buses. It is this consideration that leads to the necessity of preventing all incidents to insure that the public retain their trust in services offered by bus companies.

The freight you move is our most precious one; “zero incidents/injuries” should always be the target. Our training programs are “behaviour based” targeting root problems in the Bus Industry. In this way your professional drivers and supervisory/management staff receive training at the core level allowing them to consider and navigate risk in light of the difficult forces affecting their industry.

A proper assessment of risks, in the beginning, will help AFSI when working with your fleet manager(s) to bring the best return on your investment. AFSI will compare their analysis with known “best practices” and assist in the development of action plans to fill in any gaps in your Fleet Safety Program. AFSI prioritizes the adoption of these best practices to prevent major loss and death; if an incident does occur our Incident Management Program insures there is a plan in place to cover all extensions of the event and discover the root cause.

AFSI can assist your supervisors and managers by providing policy reviews and updating National Safety Code and other regulatory compliance plans and training programs such as Incident Management. AFSI has resources available to perform fleet safety inspections, examine and recommend possible upgrades to your system of keeping Maintenance records, analyze your current fleet with respect to effectiveness and efficiency of your fleet replacement program, review your Preventative Maintenance Program or build a PM program for your fleet.

AFSI will perform audits on your existing routes for the purpose of reviewing ridership numbers, finding efficiencies and cost savings as well as study routes and stop locations relative to safety issues. AFSI can assist with driver evaluations, one on one coaching, and remedial training. AFSI is calling on the experience of their Associates to develop a Passenger Management program. The driver training programs AFSI has offered to clients include Defensive Driving tailored for the commercial vehicle driver, Air Brake Refresher Training, Trip Inspection Training and Fuel Efficient Driving. Each of these programs is customized for the needs of the client and focused on the AFSI tag line “It Saves to be Safe”.