Dispatch call, March 29, 1969

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) Man with emphysema having trouble breathing again at 5914 Beechwood. 2) Dropped match on a mattress at Riley Tower 1 Apt 903 at 225 E North St, cannot extinguish fire on his own. 3) Heart attack reported at 2834 E New York. 4) Police and ambulance needed at 2834 E New York. 5) Medical emergency at 310 N Meridian, in the parking lot. 6) Medical emergency at 3415 Prospect. 7) Gas on street at Keystone and Brookside Parkway South Dr. 8) Flare thrown onto roof at 228 N Keystone. 9) South of Beecher on Pleasant Run, car accident with gas spilled on the street. 10) Fire upstairs at 417 N College Ave. 11) Report on fire at 417 N College Ave. Recording ends at 4:45 AM.
Dictabelt;
Source: http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/90877
Collection: Indianapolis Firefighters Museum
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/;
Copyright: Copyright Undetermined
Subjects: Emergency communication systems
Fire departments--Indiana--Indianapolis
Fires--Indiana--Indianapolis
Indianapolis (Ind.). Fire Department--History

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