A 1951 CJ-3A owned by North Bailey Fire Company of Amherst, Erie County, NY. is now retired.
This photo by Marco Hoope is one of several CJ-3A's in the Netherlands converted by the firm Kronenburg, and found in Historical Fire Engines Europe. This 1951 model served in Wognum in North Holland, and now belongs to a museum.
A photo by A. Kriek shows a 3A from Oldebroek, owned by the museum of the Artillery Training Center there. The Kronenburg units typically include the rear body extension, large front-mounted pump, and long flexible suction hose. The company built fire equipment from 1823 - 2000, specializing in crash trucks.
Rus Curtis spotted this CJ-3A still in service with Hill City Fire Department in South Dakota. Rus notes: "The HCFD said they've owned it since 1951. They used to use it for brush fires but use it now to run errands." See a rear view photo (80K JPEG) which shows the Jeep serving as a hose wagon.
The M38 was the military version of the CJ-3A, and it occasionally shows up in fire service conversions. Cresaptown Volunteer Fire and Rescue in Maryland got their surplus 1952 M38 with 105-gallon aluminum tank in 1965, to supplement their 1946 CJ-2A and trailer (20K JPEG) with portable Hale pump and tank, which remained in service until the late 1980's.
See a black & white photo (15K JPEG) of the M38 at a fire scene. It was retired in 2004.
Also on The CJ3B Page, see an M38 used by the Coast Guard as a Fire Jeep in New York City.
Thanks to Adriaan Kriek and James Fairweather, and Chief Dan Winter of Cresaptown VFD. -- Derek Redmond
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