Dispatch call, March 12, 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) Accident with injuries at 3617 E 10th St. 2) Grass fire at 2800 N Franklin Rd., just south of the Corrugated Box Company. 3) Sick girl at 1436 Central. 4) Fire in cleaning room at Wash Right Company, 1410 Cornell Ave. 5) Sick woman at the Sears Roebuck, 333 Alabama. 6) Brush fire behind 2342 N Ritter. 7) Accident with injuries at 2400 N Illinois. 8) Police detective asks for a ladder truck behind Teamsters union building, 1300 Shelby, so that he can get up on the roof to investigate a theft. 9) Caller asks for arson squad; dispatcher passes her contact information to arson squad. 10) Garage fire at 1004 Churchman. 11) Caller asks how to find city ordinances on trash burning. 12) Caller makes a complaint about trash thrown in the alley, causing a fire hazard behind 3520 Caroline. Recording ends at 6:30 PM. |
|---|---|
| Origin: | 1970-03-12 |
| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/90922 |
| Collection: |
Indianapolis Firefighters Museum |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
Emergency communication systems Fire departments--Indiana--Indianapolis Fires--Indiana--Indianapolis Indianapolis (Ind.). Fire Department--History |
Further information on this record can be found at its source.
This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Indiana State Library.