116, the precursor to 911?

Cory Doctorow 10:27 am Fri Mar 25, 2011

Voidmstr sez, "I cut this clip from an old PD documentary I found on archive.org, a film made by the Los Angeles Fire Department in 1949. The announcer wants people to literally dial 1-1-6 to report a fire. A few days later it's now a footnote in a Wikipedia article about the history of emergency phone numbers.

Does anyone know anything about dialing 1-1-6 and whether I stumbled across something important?"

LAFD Video: Report Fire Promptly! Dial 1-1-6 Or Break the Glass

(Thanks, Voidmstr, via Submitterator!)

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