Dispatch call, July 26, 1968, 4:46 PM
| 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: 620 S. Capitol at Rolling Hills warehouse.; 2160 Northwestern at the AAA warehouse, lift truck on fire.; Blackford and Maryland cans on fire, checking with Irwin; 2600 Prospect Street bridge is on fire at the Prospect and Belt? Railroad. Engine 3 dispatched at 4:46pm.; Fire alarm at Butler University Irwin library, no fire.; Looking for Holt road off of Washington street; Car fire at 16th and Central. Engine 8 dispatched at 5:12pm; 801 Locke Apartment 479, incinerator? Truck 1 dispatched at 5:13.; Jim Dugan called about putting out an electrical wire fire.; 771 Massachusetts Avenue, child struck, requesting an ambulance. Squad 7 dispatched. ; 737 W. 32nd St. unconscious girl. Squad 14 dispatched at 5:40pm, ambulance on the way.; Caller requesting Jack Irwin.; John answering a call from Kenny; 22nd and Alabama, garage fire between Delaware and Alabama.; Dictabelt |
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| Origin: | 1968-07-26; 1968-07; 1968 |
| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/87421 |
| 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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