Name/Title
911 Emergency Response Number article in PTM, 1970Entry/Object ID
2025.111.13Description
Acc. No. 25.111.13
Subject Category: Police Department, Fire Department, City Management
Date or Period: 1970
Object: magazine
Description: Magazine with in white type: ‘PTM’, and ‘Pacific Telephone Magazine’.
Alameda relevant article is on pp. 22-24, title ‘911’.
Size: L 11 x W 8 1/2 inches
History of Object: article about the implementation of and organization around the new 911 Emergency Response Number, staffed by Alameda Police Switchboard personnel in 1970. According to the article, Alameda was the second California community to adopt 911 as the general emergency number.
City officials and staff mentioned (and featured on photos) in the article: Police Chief Ivan Thompson, Police Officer John Webber, Alameda Business Office Manager Ed Bruhn, Alameda Assistant City Manager John Gross, Fire Chief Ernest Servente, Fire Department Dispatcher Richard Kennon.
Magazine had been located in a folder labeled ‘Alameda History’, file number 116-1, which has now been discarded, and objects that were not already in the catalog and relevant to Alameda history are now cataloged separately.
Acquired from: Amy Wooldridge, Assistant City Manager, City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Ave.
Donation Date: 9/12/2025
Catalog Date: 11/25/2025
