Dispatch call, July 6, 1968, 8:40 AM

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) Engine 13 out of service with a dead battery. 2) Man calling for information about bicycle registration. Will happen Monday, 1-7, at all stations. 3) Multiple of stations calling each other via dispatch. 4) Engine 34 is out of service with a dead battery. 5) 402 North New Jersey, need air. Ambulance on the way. Squad 7 dispatched. 6) Squad 14 to meet Car 6 at Hooks Drugstore, Eagledale Plaza. 7) 2146 College, house fire. City-County Building Courtroom 3, inhalater. Squad 7 dispatched.
Dictabelt
Origin: 1968-07-06; 1968
Contributor(s): Rodger Birchfield;
Source: http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/10990
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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