This Wrangler was turned into a brushfire truck serving Calvert County, Maryland, by the Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, whose funding sources include an annual vintage Corvette raffle.
Lieutenant Jon Riffe comments, "We had two other Jeeps before this one. One was from the 40's but did not run anymore. The other one was from the 50's and was solid as a rock. Its time had passed and we decided to replace it. We bought the 1990 Jeep from a guy in Pennsylvania, and at the time it was a regular blue Jeep. We lifted it, bought new tires, did some engine work, sprayed the interior with a bed liner, hooked up lights, bought a small water tank with an electric pump, and painted it yellow (like our other apparatus.) We placed it in service in the summer of 2001, and it has been very busy with all the woods fires we have had. It is excellent in the woods because of the small size. We have saved several acres in the County because of it and are pleased."
Photo courtesy Virginia Reinecke of Calvert County Living.
Unit 29 of the Hendron, Kentucky VFD is a 1992 YJ, also converted entirely by members of the department. It has an 80-gallon tank and Hypro 12V DC Pump which provides 10 GPM at 65 PSI, through 75 feet of 1/2" hose. Neighboring departments have seen it in action and been impressed, so maybe it will start a trend. The Hendron VFD also has a surplus 1968 Kaiser Jeep M715 as a brush truck.
Jeep 7 of the Hollywood, Maryland VFD is a 1999 Jeep Wrangler graciously donated by the Ladies Auxiliary. The Jeep was supplied by Allsafe Fire Trucks, Inc. in Maryland, whose products include conversions as well as custom-manufactured brush trucks.
See also a rear view of an Allsafe TJ conversion (50K JPEG), and a photo of the tailgate open (50K JPEG).
Thanks to Randy Harris of the Hendron VFD, Jon Riffe of Huntingtown, Steve Facini of Hollywood, Kyd Dieterich of Allsafe, and Dale Jonas for spotting fire Jeeps on the web. -- Derek Redmond
Elsewhere on the web, see a YJ and a CJ-8 at the Great Falls VFD in Virginia, in Jeeps to the Rescue.
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