Below is the most detailed list I've seen so far, of the standard and optional equipment included with the Jeep CJ-3B, CJ-5 and 6-226 factory fire engines. This four-page document was issued by Kaiser-Willys Canada in January 1955.
Kaiser-Willys Canada, Sales Bulletin Number 55-6:
Thanks to Gary Dreyer, who located this document. See also photos of Gary's Willys Commando built by General Fire Truck Co..
There is a summary of dimensions and equipment for the CJ-5 Fire Engine and Commando Fire Engine, on the Specifications page (110K JPEG) of the Willys booklet Jeep family of 4-Wheel-Drive Vehicles in Public Service, which dates from the late 1950's. Specs for ambulance and standard versions of the vehicles are also included. Although the Jeep Fire Engine pictured in that booklet is a CJ-3B, the 81" wheelbase listed in the specs indicates that they are for the CJ-5 version.
A brochure (Willys Form W-240-5) on the Fire Equipment Literature page includes Specifications and Basic Fire-Fighting Equipment (270K JPEG) for the factory fire truck.
These pages of specifications and equipment come from the advertising booklet Willys-Overland Export Corporation Special Vehicles:
The description below of a CJ-3A-based fire engine built by Howe Fire Apparatus in Anderson, Indiana, is taken from a dealer's 1951 handwritten copy of a Howe specs sheet:
Price: US$3,597.00 (compares to $1588.88 for a standard Willys CJ-3A with canvas top and three seats.)
Jeep Fire Tank Trailer: $670.00."
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