Nate,
Great stuff. In addition to being a volunteer in Centreville, I am also apart of the county's explorer program and with our ride along program, I usually ride at 10 on B shift. Its all good except for being a white cloud. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Anyway, a little info and FYI for you guys on apparatus. Engine 410 (the Yellow one {or "The Bullet" to some [fastest Engine in the county]}) is still up in Wisconsin. The truck was sent back up there as well about a month or so ago. They said that it will be about 6 months or so for the truck to get back, and when it does it will be like getting a brand new fire truck. They are giving it a new paint job and I believe doing some work on the stick, then it will be sent back. Before it left it was stripped of everything county owned (Radios, CAD, etc.) so they will have to do that all over again.
The Engine is running what I believe is Old Engine 426 (County Vehicle #-7554). No Word on how long the engine will be, although I expect about the same, maybe longer then the truck, but we'll see.
The Truck is running Former Truck 429 (V-7041(?)). Last I was there (Mid-April) they only had the Left Buckets door labeled "410", because they messed up on the numbers for the right bucket side. If you look closely in the third picture, you can kind of see the top of the "4" on the other side. I don't know if they are going to put a "4" on the right side of the cab or not.
Finally, the New Engines are starting to go in service. Talking with the driver from 38-A at my dads retirement party last night, he said they put the new engine in service on the 4th. So now if you need to update your roster, V-7054 is now in reserve status. I imagine that now just about all of them if they already aren't, should be going in service shortly.
Enough of my ranting...
Ben
Great stuff. In addition to being a volunteer in Centreville, I am also apart of the county's explorer program and with our ride along program, I usually ride at 10 on B shift. Its all good except for being a white cloud. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />Anyway, a little info and FYI for you guys on apparatus. Engine 410 (the Yellow one {or "The Bullet" to some [fastest Engine in the county]}) is still up in Wisconsin. The truck was sent back up there as well about a month or so ago. They said that it will be about 6 months or so for the truck to get back, and when it does it will be like getting a brand new fire truck. They are giving it a new paint job and I believe doing some work on the stick, then it will be sent back. Before it left it was stripped of everything county owned (Radios, CAD, etc.) so they will have to do that all over again.
The Engine is running what I believe is Old Engine 426 (County Vehicle #-7554). No Word on how long the engine will be, although I expect about the same, maybe longer then the truck, but we'll see.
The Truck is running Former Truck 429 (V-7041(?)). Last I was there (Mid-April) they only had the Left Buckets door labeled "410", because they messed up on the numbers for the right bucket side. If you look closely in the third picture, you can kind of see the top of the "4" on the other side. I don't know if they are going to put a "4" on the right side of the cab or not.
Finally, the New Engines are starting to go in service. Talking with the driver from 38-A at my dads retirement party last night, he said they put the new engine in service on the 4th. So now if you need to update your roster, V-7054 is now in reserve status. I imagine that now just about all of them if they already aren't, should be going in service shortly.
Enough of my ranting...
Ben
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