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Communications Room
Looking Into Communications Room From Front Entry Hall
Fire Dept and Civil Defense Radio Cubicle
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The above left photo was taken looking in through the Communications Room doorway from the front entry hall. This room was pretty cluttered with storage at the time but you can see the separate cubicles down the length of the room. Each cubicle was designated for use in communicating with different city departments.

The above right photo shows the first radio cubicle. The radio on the right was used for Civil Defense and the radio on the left was used for Fire Department communications. I couldn't believe the radios were still there when I took the tour the first time. They were still there the second time I went back in 2003. As of this update (03/2010) the last I heard was that the radios have been removed by the city. The large box on the desktop used to be on the floor. It has been badly rusted and damaged by water. The radio power and antenna cables run up to boxes and conduits on the ceiling above each cubicle.


Dallas Times Herald News Photo 11-25-1965
Dallas Times Herald News Photo 11-25-1965

This newspaper photo of C.W. McCoy, Dallas assistant Civil Defense director was featured in the May 25, 1965 issue of the Dallas Times Herald. The radios on the upper shelf haven't had their "CD" emblems installed yet. When I found this picture during a search in the Dallas History Section at the Dallas Public Library I just couldn't believe it. Note the 24 hour clock.

Misc. Communications Room Photos
Sherrif and Police Radio Cube
Radio Cubicle Two With Sherrif and Police Dept. Radios
RACES Radio Area
Far End Wall Of Communications Room.
According to the EOC plan this area was for R.A.C.E.S.


Chair in front entry hall.
I took this photo originally because the chair had the CD emblem on it but it's a good reference photo to show the location of the communications room. The front entry to the shelter is the opening in the center of the photo past the chair. The communications room door is there on the left and the women's restroom door is the door to the right. The chair is sitting in the door opening into the main operations room from the entry hall. I took the photo standing a few feet inside the main operations room.

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