{"id":1146,"date":"2026-03-26T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qbswebdesign.com\/thefiremuseum\/?page_id=1146"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:16:35","slug":"tommy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qbswebdesign.com\/thefiremuseum\/collections\/tommy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1146\" data-postid=\"1146\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1146 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_2gdw061 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_p1nk014 first\">\n                    <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_hv63610 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #a19e02;margin-bottom: 25px;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_d6pu061   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The &#8220;Tommy&#8221; Fireboat<\/h3>\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-(--header-height)\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"46df70b3-dcff-45b3-9730-237ab50a3f2e\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-1\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"user\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:1c6ca2ed-dbc8-4ee0-a82c-8ebb058cdaa9-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"fc8e682e-8d20-45d0-bfe7-fb17818b8f92\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"918\">At the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Fire Museum of Maryland<\/span><\/span>, one of the most striking artifacts is the historic fireboat known as \u201cTommy,\u201d officially the <em data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"169\">Mayor Thomas D\u2019Alesandro Jr.<\/em> Commissioned in 1956 as Baltimore\u2019s first diesel-powered fireboat, Tommy served the city\u2019s busy waterfront for decades, battling pier fires, shipboard emergencies, and industrial blazes with an almost unlimited water supply drawn directly from the harbor.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"918\">After nearly 60 years of service, the vessel was retired in 2015, and a significant portion was preserved and carefully transported to the museum, where it now stands as a centerpiece of maritime firefighting history. 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