Security and safety equipment:
 Last year, when I was checking the bus for a Massachusetts sticker, the guy said, that I should have a set of chocks on board every vehicle with air brakes.
I wore four nice ones for this task, large pieces of firewood, but I thought, that I will make a set of wheel chocks, which would have a slightly more professional look. They were constructed from pieces of pressure treated scrap wood from the deck design. They are connected with polyurethane construction adhesive and deck screws. Holes were drilled and rope lugs were fitted before the feet were mounted. |
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 Teleconference camera, which I planned to use as a rear view camera, she did not have a wide enough angle of view, so i bought this monochrome reversing camera from Northern Tool. |
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P about installing the camera, I spread a few 2x4s behind the bus, to be able to aim well. |
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 Here is the view from the cockpit. Note the 2x4s and notice, that the ladder is not visible. Behind the bumper to a depth of approx 2 of the feet there is a dead zone immediately.
The camera bracket has holes for setting the angle, it is not continuously adjustable and if I removed the plug, half of the monitor screen showed only the back of the bus. |
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 I installed the monitor there, where would the rearview mirror be, if the bus had them. I'm still looking here, when i drive the bus, so I thought, that I will take advantage of this deeply ingrained behavior, and I won't have to try to unlearn it.
I also mounted a CB radio and connected it to four ceiling speakers, which were on the roof of the bus, so i could use the PA function, to scream to the kids! |
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 Fire extinguisher in front of the bus. |
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 A fire extinguisher in the children's room by the middle door. |
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 Carbon monoxide detector.
Massachusetts now requires them in all homes, so when i ordered them home, I also got one for the bus. This is an RV unit / Marine and cost about twice as much as home. |