A Focus on Preventative Vehicle Maintenance

Our preventative maintenance program ensures our buses are in compliance with OSHA, federal, state and municipal regulations. Our proactive programs have a proven track record of helping school districts reduce vehicle downtime, improve reliability and lower overall transportation running costs.

We perform preventive maintenance inspections at regular intervals to predict and prevent problems and to schedule repairs for minimum impact on vehicle availability. Using failure analysis, we collect and analyze data, identify root causes of a problem, and implement an action plan in order to reach the optimum level of preventive maintenance that can be performed. The result is our ability to complete 100% of the work, 100% of the time, on time.

First Student’s Evolving Fleet Maintenance Methods
Over the years, we have increased our ability to predict maintenance problems, resulting in lower maintenance costs for our customers. We continue to move toward team-based maintenance methods that merge the complementary skills of all maintenance and operations personnel to more quickly and efficiently solve equipment problems.

We also continually introduce improved training standards and maintenance programs to ensure all maintenance staff is aware of technical developments and the latest technology. You can count on First Student for the ultimate levels of transportation safety and reliability—without compromise.