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Dispatch call, June 7, 1969, 4:27 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: Male caller reporting a bedroom fire at 3788 Rockville Road where he fell asleep with a cigarette in hand reports trying to get children out of the home, outside of city so dispatcher called other fire department to respond; Dispatcher Cooper calling Adam’s A La Carte requesting a truck to come to Fire Headquarters at Alabama and New York St. as soon as possible, for the men returning and going out, requesting buns and donuts; Female caller reporting apartment building filled with smoke at 1227 Park; Male caller reporting a fire at B&G Machinery at the corner of Dorman and Michigan; Male identified as Ronald Newman caller reporting an apartment house fire at 1651 College, caller reporting from 17th and Belafonte, trying to hold the caller on the line; Female reporting a fire at the Maytag Laundromat at Dorman and Michigan dispatched Task Force 9 at 4:27am; Code 4 has been lifted, all stations asked to return to normal procedures; Female reporting fire at 26th and Guilford, Engine 2, Engine 22, Engine 14, District 1, dispatched; Truck 27 needed a battery; Engine 22 requested Power and Light Company on the scene at 26th and Guilford .
Dictabelt
Origin: 1969-06-07; 1969-06; 1969
Source: http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/87436
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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