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) Caller requests Robert Hendricks. 2) Chief reports that Fire Box 835 at Keystone and Michigan had been incorrectly painted a bright yellow. 3) Engine 28 sent to respond to car fire at 3655 Hillside Avenue. 4) Ed McCann, retired fireman called to advise department of a planned trash burning north of Kingston Square in Warren Township. 5) Engine 2 sent to respond to illegal trash fire at 15th & Massachusetts. 6) House fire reported 2440 Broadway Street. 7) Fire reported in a field in the 6200 block of Carvel Ave. 8) Ambulance sent to assist a person with a heart attack at 833 North Gladstone. 9) Engine 18 responded to backyard fire at 12 North Addison. Dictabelt |
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Origin: | 1969-08-14 |
Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/90353 |
Collection: |
Indianapolis Firefighters Museum |
Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
Subjects: |
Hendricks, Robert P., 1925-1982 Emergency communication systems Fire departments--Indiana--Indianapolis Fires--Indiana--Indianapolis Indianapolis (Ind.). Fire Department--History |
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