Description: |
This is a digitized recording of a dictabelt, which the Indianapolis Fire Department used to record dispatch calls during the 1960s and 1970s. Following are the calls on this dictabelt: 1.) Call to increase pressure in Truck 14.2.) Report of ongoing shooting at Fountain Square Tavern, 1104 Prospect police urgently needed. 3.) Extended interchange of communications among squad personnel and dispatcher regarding personnel and equipment dispositions in fighting Here Apartments fire. Assignments of hose tenders, water pressure, and engine equipment especially prominent. 4.) Call from hospital asking for ambulance at Here fire to be redirected to new call, dispatcher says they are all heavily presses as it is. 5.) Further short messages coordinating Here apartments firefighting efforts. Dictabelt |
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Origin: | 1969-05-17; 1969 |
Contributor(s): |
Rodger Birchfield; |
Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/10299 |
Collection: |
Indianapolis Firefighters Museum |
Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
Subjects: |
Emergency communication systems Fire departments--Indiana--Indianapolis Fires--Indiana--Indianapolis Indianapolis (Ind.). Fire Department--History |
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