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[quote name='mnsand' post='292959' date='Mar 27 2009, 20:26 ']In all honesty, I am not real sure. My stop at FS 417 was a quick one and I wanted to get the new 2008 Pierce. There was another Pierce sitting behind the Canteen, but I did not check it out. Next time I am in the area I will stop in again.



Anybody else been to FS 417 and FS 438 in Centreville recently?



Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA[/quote]





Mike and all,



I'm here to clear things up with Engines 417 & 438. I fairly certain this is correct, accounting that my dad is the Station Captain at FS38.



And just to sort of clear things up between FS17 & FS38, FS38 is a "branch" of FS17, that is NOT owned by the volunteers, but by the county.



Okay:



1. Engine 417, the 1996 Pierce Lance, was the original E417.

2. In 2001, the CVFD ordered a new Pierce Lance Engine Company for E438, which was ordered and numbered as E438 in CVFD paint.

3. Evidently, the order was taking to long to complete, so the County ordered an Engine for FS38, which was the 2001 E\-One Cyclone II.

4. Instead of selling it, CVFD kept the Pierce Lance that was to be E438, and used it as E417-B. It was kept behind the Canteen unit, and it stayed number as E438, even though it was used as E417-B, and once in a blue moon used as the frontline E417 when it would go down Many of the times I have seen E417 down they will run a county reserve engine.

5. A little over a year ago, something happened with E417, and it was basically inusable. So instead of taking a county reserve, they took E417-B (which was STILL lettered as E438 and ran it as the frontline E417. Sometime during it's service while the 2008 Pierce Dash was being ordered, E417-B(which was numbered as E438) was renumbered to be E417 until the 2008 Dash came in.

6. Once the Dash came in and went into service, E417 (the Original CVFD E438) became E417-B again. I was at FS17 yesterday, and it has been renumbered to be E417B. Again, it is sitting behind the canteen unit.



I hope this clears things up....sorta. If I have left anyone in the dark, let me know and I will try to explain it again.



Only once in a blue moon is E417-B used as a reserve from what I have seen. E438 (the E\-One) has been in the shops for several weeks, and it will probably be another couple of weeks before it gets back. Evidently the Engine is down in Fredricksburg getting some body work done. If anyone is down in Fredricksburg, if its not to much trouble, please try to get pictures of it.



As of right now, Vech. #7602 (Ex E425, the 2002 E\-One Cyclone II) is running as E438.



I hope this clears things up....sorta. If I have left anyone in the dark, let me know and I will try to explain it again.



Thanks,



Ben



PS: BTW if anyone is interested, Rescue 421 is running a 2-Piece Rescue while there main rescue is in the shop.