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Dispatch call, July 6, 1968, 10:30 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) 6143 Guilford, woman fell down the street. 2) 6143 Guilford trying to get the Broad Ripple station, is told she cant contact stations directly, Engine 31 is on the way. 3) 1119 North Alabama, fire in the rear. Engine 8 dispatched. 4) 358 West 10th, Box 319, train is on fire. 5) 36th and Northwestern, man down. Rescue is on the way. 12:37 timestamp. 6) 22nd and College, at Sheps Filling Station, unconscious man. Squad 14 dispatched. 7) 3309 Ashland, house fire. Warren Township on the way. 1:35 timestamp. 8) Fall Creek and College, car on fire. Engine 22 dispatched. 9) 900 block of Union Street, near Station 17, abandoned house on fire. Engine 13, Engine 17, Truck 17, District 3 dispatched. 10) 1510 East 34th, car on fire. Engine 28 dispatched. 11) Southeastern and Temperance, brush fire. Engine 15 dispatched. 3:06 PM timestamp. 12) 2461 Columbia, shed on fire. Engine 2, Engine 22, Truck 22, District 2 dispatched. 3:33 PM timestamp. 13) 1317 East 25th Street, fire in alleyway.
Dictabelt
Origin: 1968-07-06; 1968
Contributor(s): Rodger Birchfield;
Source: http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/10992
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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