Dispatch call, March 3, 1970

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) [several partial calls] 2) House full of smoke at 1301 North West St. 3) House full of smoke at 13th and West St. 3) Sick man at 1015 Roach. 4) Sick girl at 737 N Tremont. 5) Man having an asthma attack 1206 1/2 W 19th. 6) Car on fire at 3756 College. 7) Report on medical emergency at 2826 N Dearborn. 8) Unconscious child at 2157 Gent. 9) House on fire next door to 1908 Dexter. 10) Medical emergency at 1066 W 25th. 11) Wall fallen out of an apartment complex at 8011 Northeast. 12) Man having trouble breathing at 1019 Hosbrook. 13) Several calls about incident at 1908 Dexter, further assistance requested. Recording ends at 11:19 PM.
Dictabelt
Origin: 1970-03-03
Source: http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/90906
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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