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 recorded at 2:22 PM: 1. Report time question from dispatcher on fire report. 2. Truck fire at Washington and Emerson intersection, engine 25 dispatched. 3. Woman calls asking for electrician recommendation to fix faulty wiring, dispatcher says to look in yellow pages. 4. Dispatcher calls Power Company about fixing downed lines at 2319 Hillside. 5. Woman calls asking for closest fire station to 58th and Keystone, dispatcher responds that it is station 31 at 1200 East 46th Street; woman also asks about when bicycle registration dates and station number. 6. Fire in apartment building at 29 West 28th Street. 7. Bike registration question. 8. Bike registration question. 9. Woman calling to ask where LeHarve Drive is. 10. First aid needed at 86th and Road 37, car and truck collision with injuries. 11. Woman calls from 400 Block on South Rochester, previous fire at 8:00 AM that was extinguished is reigniting. 12. Woman reports car motor on fire at 4018 Kalmar Drive, engine 30 dispatched. Dictabelt |
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Origin: | 1968-07-01 |
Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/86753 |
Collection: |
Indianapolis Firefighters Museum |
Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/; |
Copyright: |
In Copyright; |
Subjects: |
Fire departments--Indiana--Indianapolis Emergency communication systems--Officials and employees |
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