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. 3989 Meadows Drive, dispatcher wants to check in the dentists office. 2. Caller asking for location of Vernon Court. 3. Reports of smoke at 300 West 41st Street, possible trash or house fire. 4. Car ten asked to call Fire Prevention Office. 5. Follow up on West 41st Street fire, trash fire caused by paint thinner. 5. Fire reported at 2047 Central. 6. Caller asking where Saddlebrook drive is. 7. Caller asking for location of Heather wood apartments. 8. Caller asking for location of Lansdowne Lane on the North Side, some confusion about the exact location due to multiple similar place names. 8. Woman asking for dates of Fire Prevention week. 9. Traffic news from police, Oxford and New York Streets will be blocked for an hour by police motorcycle escort. 10. First block at First Washington and Pennsylvania, woman needs inhalator. 11. Redwall company needs transport by the police. Dictabelt |
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Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/86785 |
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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