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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In order to fix the issue with the buses - they would have to buy engine block heaters.  That's a pretty sizable expense and it doesn't make sense to buy equipment like that for the buses for something that happens once every 4 or 5 years.  Suck it up and deal with the kids being off school for a day.[/quote]

ASE recommends block heaters when the ambient temperature is below -25F.  It just doesn't get that cold around here.

The "buses won't start" is a re-direction, and a poor one at that, they start in DC weather unless maintenance (particularly of the batteries) is below par.

I maintain a fleet of revenue buses, they start every morning.[/quote]

Are your buses all, or mostly all in one location or are they parked all over the county?[/quote]

All around the DMV. They come to one of 2 maintenance facilities for services.  Drivers don't get paid if they don't start so the dispatch rate is important to them and they become part of the solution.  I understand FCPS drives get paid whether they pick up kids or not.[/quote]

The reason why I asked is because it is my understanding that when it is cold (negative temps) and buses don't start it is a problem that buses are parked all over the county. The fleet numbers 1700 or 1800 buses but 5 or 6 are at one elementary, another 10 are at a high school, a few more in some commuter lot, etc. so servicing when they won't start is not an efficient process.[/quote]
The weather does not vary to a significant degree across Fairfax County.  FCPS should not be servicing buses AFTER they don't start.  [/quote]

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