Smoke odor in hallway at Fairmount Avenue building

Heard on: Jersey City Fire

02:20

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Well. Alarm panel is reading fire alarm three, 2nd to 5th floor.

00:19

Repeat that, 5th floor.

00:28

3rd through 6th floor, not very specific.

00:40

Engine nine to command, had an odor of smoke.

00:43

Smoke in the hallway on the 2nd floor.

00:46

Nine alpha, attempt to reset.

01:09

Engine nine alpha from battalion four.

01:12

The alarm panel is indicating normal.

01:21

Received

01:23

engine nine

01:28

from battalion four.

01:29

Floors six, five, and four are all clear.

01:36

Looked the whole building.

01:38

Is there any odor of smoke in the hallway on the 2nd floor? Whole building's clear.

01:44

Received indicating cigarette smoking on the 2nd floor.

01:52

More like cannabis.

01:57

Received.

02:09

Dispatch from Battalion Four, Box 539.

02:13

(number withheld) Fairmount Avenue, smoking in the hallway.

02:17

Building's been checked, all clear.

02:18

Alarm's been reset.

02:20

Terminated.

5/19/2026 10:36 PM

Fire & Arson

Fairmount Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306

Smoke odor in hallway at Fairmount Avenue building

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a reported fire alarm at a building on Fairmount Avenue in Jersey City. An odor of smoke was detected from the second through fifth floors, later believed to be from cigarette or cannabis use. The building was inspected and confirmed clear, and the alarm system was reset.

Smoke odor in hallway at Fairmount Avenue building

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