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Smart Safety Bus JOURNEY SO FAR
SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK THE SMARTER SAFETY BUS Get on board for a tour of its latest features
School Bus Sanitisation
MARCH NEWSLETTER 2020
STS's SMART SAFETY BUS NAMED INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OF 2020 School Transport Services LLC, 26th February 2020
It was a proud and momentous night for the School Transport Services family with our Smart Safety Bus initiative winning the prestigious Innovation Product Award at the 7th Annual GESS Education Awards 2020, in Dubai. We are honoured and humbled to have received this accolade of excellence, for it acknowledges STS’s commitment and drive towards advocating and advancing road safety education for the UAE populace. Created as a part of the extended classroom programme for the student community, STS devised and designed its first-ever sustainable product, the Smart Safety Bus. An innovative and interactive learning platform geared at cultivating a safety-driven mindset. The GESS Education Award in the Innovation category highlights educational products and services that are unique and impactful, demonstrating STS’s original and ahead-of-the curve thinking. STS received this fantastic recognition across a diverse range of nominees from the education sector including Popcorn school furniture, Amatrol and Betzold. We are energised by the momentum brought forth by this award and excited to explore new possibilities to further road
Watch highlights of the awards ceremony here: CLICK HERE
MARCH NEWSLETTER 2020
Dubai Chamber CSR Label Honours STS School Transport Services LLC, 9th March 2020
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry honoured 35 companies for their corporate during a recognition ceremony held on 9th March 2020. Receiving this revered recognition for the fourth time in a row, throws light on STS’s strong commitment towards social responsibility and measures taken to integrate CSR into the heart of the company’s operations. We have a robust health and safety system in place to ensure the wellbeing of our people, with initiatives like Driver Classroom Training, Behind the Wheel Training, Risk Assessment Training and training courses to certify mental health counselors to create a conducive and supporting work environment. Being environmentally conscious, STS has taken measures to reduce carbon footprint, e-waste support our community partners such as Smart Life Foundation and Emirates Environment group. We would like to thank the Dubai Chamber for creating a framework for enhancing our CSR performance and evaluating and our CSR journey. This honour has allowed us to create a employee welfare policies and practices and integrating people of determination into our workforce.
MARCH NEWSLETTER 2020
SMART SAFETY BUS JOURNEY SO FAR
Hop on the Classroom on Wheels, a 50-seater bus remodeled to deliver lessons on Road Safety!
School Transport Services has always pursued advocation and promotion of road safety management through unique educational campaigns. Standing firm in the belief that Safety Does Not Happen By Accident and that stringent safety standards can be achieved only when awareness campaigns are regularly deployed, STS designed the Smart Safety Bus initiative to edutain young minds. This new approach of educating while entertaining has proven to be a more engaging experience than traditional means of safety instruction. The Smart Safety Bus is an age appropriate engagement platform to teach and edutain children from nursery through secondary schools. This is done in both simulation games, puzzles, multiple choice questions that make learning easy and fun.
potential hazards through educational videos via the Interactive Wall feature of the bus. Their learning is assessed by way of Q&A’s and quizzes. Children can enjoy a simulated driving experience with the Super Driver game or a practical experience of buckling up for safety, with the Seat Belt game.
MARCH NEWSLETTER 2020 The outdoor Danger-Zone Awareness Mat highlights the hazardous spots in and are powered by solar energy, making it a sustainable vehicle.
programme appoints a Little Safety Ambassador from each group. The ambassador receives a safety badge and certificate, making them responsible for advocating road and transport safety to their peers, teachers and parents. The success of the Smart Safety Bus programme is reflected in the students taking a safety pledge after the tour, that prompts them to the importance road safety management. Being a recipient of the coveted Innovation Product Award by GESS Education Awards has strengthened our resolve to expand the initiative to all corners of the country. Set in motion in early 2019, it is astonishing how far this initiative has come along in just one year. So far we have achieved, 6 exhibitions visits 47 schools visits 22,463 safety pledges have been signed 1,129 Little Safety Ambassadors have been appointed Going forward, plans are underway to link students’ participation and their takeaways from the programme to their school’s credits system and house points. responsibility.
MARCH NEWSLETTER 2020
GET ON BOARD THE SMARTER SAFETY BUS The Smart Safety Bus underwent a massive technological upgrade, take a tour with us.
The Smart Safety Bus has gotten a whole lot smarter in 2020, with the introduction of three new enhancements: Driver Fatigue Camera, RFID System and Motion Sensor technologies.
DRIVER FATIGUE CAMERA This fatigue detection system consists of a driver-facing camera, mounted on the dashboard. The camera picks up fatigue indicating behavior such as the driver’s blink rate, yawning and head drooping. Mobile usage, drinking and smoking also trigger warnings to both the driver, and the Operation Control Centre.
RFID SYSTEM allowing for student tracking. This encrypted data is more reliable and secure than the previously used barcode system, and can be monitored in real-time by the Operations Control Centre.
MOTION SENSORS STS buses are equipped with motion sensors that are activated when the vehicle is isolated, to detect body movement. They add an additional level of security to the child check button feature of the bus. Upon detection of movement, the sensor alerts the Operations Control Centre. With these technological boosts the Smart Safety Bus reinforces its commitment towards safe, timely and smart transportation to and from school.
MARCH NEWSLETTER 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM STS
Birthdays are special, even more so for children. STS celebrates birthdays of students commuting by school bus with a unique card and goodies on their big day. Register with us at www.schooltransportservices.com/parents to create a beautiful memory for your child!
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MARCH NEWSLETTER 2020
SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK FOR BUS SANITISATION
At School Transport Services, we set the bar high for excellence in health and safety matters of our constituents and our community. STS employs a strict code for sanitisation as a part of managing and maintaining a fleet of 3,100 school buses. · All our buses undergo deep cleaning prior to each trip; a minimum of two times a day. · The driver begins with a mandatory pre-trip inspection of the bus, followed by thorough cleaning of the driver’s cabin, seat, seat belt, seat buckle, RFID scanner, gear stick and steering wheel with a ministry-complaint disinfectant. · A bus guardian collects loose trash from the aisle and undersides of seats. Seats, seat belts, belt buckles, ledges, handrails and door handles are wiped down with a disinfectant. The bus floor is then swept and mopped.
In the light of the Coronavirus spread, following a safe system of work is even more
We take the welfare and safety of our students, employees and citizens very seriously. We stand firm in our promise to deliver a comfortable and safe commute for our students. Watch our Bus Sanitisation video here: CLICK CLICKHERE HERE
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