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) Sick woman at 2051 N Senate. 2) Medical emergency at Fire Department shops, 1036 Sanders. 3) Injured men at 17th and Bellfountain.4) Discussion on shop employee Melvin Brown, who was taken to General Hospital with severe head pain. 5) Injured man at a warehouse at 3500 E 20th St. 6) Garage on fire at 1909 Tallman. 6) Wires burning on a pole reported at Ellenberger and Michigan St. 7) Caller asks if fire department did a run to 2051 Exeter. 8) Property damage accident at 38th and Layman. 9) Caller having issues getting through to water company, has a broken water pipe at 1852 E Alabama. 10) Unconscious man at 3522 N Illinois. Recording ends at 7:47 PM. Dictabelt |
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Origin: | 1970-03-03 |
Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/90895 |
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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