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Dispatch call, June 6, 1969, around 12:00 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: Reports of the Big 10 on fire; Caller Curt? Asking about who was in that evening.; Pulled all units out of the Indiana Ave. area, trucks were being stoned. Inquiry about sending a colored unit to the scene.; Call from Herb Bayt? Code 4 back into effect. Report of no protection, so they will not go in.; Call with Inspector Dabner? Reporting what appears to be a 2nd Alarm fire, trying to evacuate residents.; Female caller reporting a fire around 800 Block of W. 9Th St.; Calls of stations reporting in during the Code 4, units advised to go to their Task Force stations.; **lots of radio static throughout the remainder of the recording*** Female caller reporting an apartment fire at 1051? Brookes? ; Indistinct chatter; Mrs. Sheek? In the Director Assistants Office from the telephone company calling to get official word as to whether the fire department is getting to the fires on Indiana Ave. or if the telephone company needs to call people.; Task Force trying to get in on Douglas and Indiana Ave.; Fireman Scott McKinney? and Casey? called in.; Female caller reporting the fire truck at Blake St. being set on fire.; Dispatcher identified as Anderson; Last minute dead air
Origin: 1969-06-06; 1969-06; 1969
Source: http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/87441
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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