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: Bob Sherman from the 22s calling for the number to the Fairgrounds, Cooper answered that could not give the number and that they did not have the number themselves.; Female caller asking for the police; Code 4, not calling in the A shift.; Engine 23 requesting turn the water back on into two lines on squirt? Engine 8 requested told to turn the lines on.; Lieutenant Smithy? Called to see if he needs to come in to station 1, told no since he was on vacation.; Stan wants to know if they want one of the Task Forces for Fire Prevention.; 13s asking Paul? In the shop if they have a list of the men on duty, what is the name of the chief and how many men. Sims the ranking officer for Task Force 3 talking reporting 21 men off duty on site, Haley’s at the 30s is the chief of Task Force 3, Captain Short? The ranking officer of Task Force 12 has 6 off duty men on site.; 8) Pierce from the 10s called asking if the A shift was coming in. Only Shifts B and C are in.; Male caller, Pete? reporting fire bombs being thrown on the roof at 701 Indiana Ave.; Dead Battery on the squirt on the 800 block of Indian Ave., told to go on standby.; Code 1, 16th and Northwestern.; Instructions for the officer on duty at 16th and Roosevelt to call dispatcher 3 at 3:20. Contact cannot be made with that officer because no one is on station; Meeting a police escort at Indiana and West.; Report from the 13s that a cocktail caused a fire, but when they checked a bottle it turned out to be nothing, fire was put out without using anything. Building owner not contacted. ; Squad 17 directed to go to the shop to get gas.; Female caller reporting that the fire on Indiana Avenue at the Big 10 was going again.; 13s, Engine told to report in when they get there?; broken up chatter, a lot of static for the last few minutes |
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Origin: | 1969-06-06; 1969-06; 1969 |
Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/87470 |
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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