The FleetCommander guide

How everything in FleetCommander works — the fleet management app for school-bus and transportation companies. Every page, button and setting, explained step by step: the same guide our customers use inside the app.

Getting started

  • Welcome to FleetCommander

    What the app is for, how its pieces fit together, and where to begin.

  • Finding your way around

    The sidebar, the header, tables, filters, sorting, back buttons and the picture drop-downs.

  • Dashboard

    Today's fleet at a glance: counts, costs, what's due and what's expiring.

  • Signing in, two-step login and forgotten passwords

    How to sign in, turn on two-step login with an authenticator app, use backup codes, and reset a forgotten password.

  • Contact us

    Send a message to the FleetCommander team from inside the app, and look back at what you have sent.

  • Search

    Find a vehicle, driver, work order, vendor and more from one box.

  • Notifications

    The bell: reminders, alerts and messages, and how to control them.

  • My account

    Your photo, style (light and dark themes), email notifications, password, and — for Super Admins — demo data and purging all data.

  • Addresses: suggestions and checking

    How address boxes suggest as you type, fix mistakes, and check with the Postal Service.

  • Reading the timelines

    How the Drivers list and a driver's page draw a day by the hour.

  • Words used in the app

    Short definitions of the terms you'll see.

For Drivers

People & vehicles

  • Fleet (vehicles)

    Every bus and van: the list, adding a vehicle, its page and tabs, photo, documents and car number.

  • Drivers

    Driver profiles, license and medical dates, photo, fuel card, routes, messages, and the table / timeline views.

  • Driver attendance

    Clock in and out (drivers, the office, or a pre-trip), who's on duty, late, off or not in yet, fixing shifts, time off (requests, approvals, paid time off), hours and pay per hour or per shift, and the reports.

  • Documents

    Every vehicle and driver document in one list, with expiry dates.

Routes & scheduling

  • Routes

    Schools and districts, adding a route, assigning a vehicle and driver, the one-driver rule, price, messages and maps.

  • Student attendance

    Marking each student picked up, a no-show or absent on every run — by the driver on My Day or by the office on the route's page — and the attendance reports.

  • Schedule

    The calendar of events: training, inspections, renewals and more, by day, week or month.

Maintenance & safety

  • Maintenance

    Preventive maintenance schedules (oil changes, brakes, safety inspections) and the service history.

  • Work Orders

    Repair jobs: priority, technician, parts used, labour, cost and status.

  • Warehouse & Inventory

    The parts room: stock levels, minimums, adding stock, and which work orders used a part.

  • Inspections

    Pre-trip, post-trip and other checklists, their results, and the templates behind them.

  • Defects

    Problems reported on a vehicle, from Low to Critical, and how they are followed up.

  • Incidents

    Accidents and safety events: what happened, who was involved, injuries, cost and claims.

  • Compliance Center

    Everything that needs attention to stay compliant, and the 0–100 score.

Money

  • Fuel

    Fuel purchases, price per gallon, miles per gallon and cost per mile.

  • Expenses

    Every cost — fuel, repairs, tires, insurance, tolls — and the cost per mile.

  • Vendors

    Repair shops, suppliers, insurers and other companies you deal with.

  • Insurance

    Policies, what they cover, their premiums and when they expire.

  • Reports

    Ready-made reports on vehicles, maintenance, drivers and fuel — on screen, or as CSV, Excel or PDF.

  • Bank

    A browser window inside the app with saved sites, for checking the company's bank account.

Company & settings

  • Settings

    Company profile, lists, compliance and notification rules, CSV import, and the audit log.

  • Billing and your plan

    Your free trial, what FleetCommander costs, invoices, how to pay, and what happens if an invoice is late.

  • Users & roles

    Adding people, suspending them, roles and permissions.

Try FleetCommander with your own fleet

Set up in about ten minutes. Every feature is switched on during the free trial — no credit card needed.