Smoke odor investigated at Poplar Avenue home

Heard on: Montgomery County MD Fire-Tac

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Paramedic engine 702 , engine 701 , truck 716 , battalion 701 , responding.

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Odor of smoke, (number withheld) Poplar Avenue.

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Montgomery Engine 702, correction, Paramedic Engine 702, can you repeat your layout?

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(number withheld) Poplar Avenue.

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(number withheld) Poplar, one's got it.

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Paramedic Engine 702 is on the scene, side Alpha.

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Two-story single-family dwelling, nothing evident.

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Okay, Paramedic Engine 702 on scene at 724.

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Engine 705 at patient's side.

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Engine 705 at 726.

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Paramedic Engine 702 to incoming units,

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we're investigating an odor in the basement.

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One, if you just want to stand by the hydrant and see if you can come up here, take a look at

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it.Paramedic Engine 702 to Paramedic Engine 701, can you bring your crew up here and check the 1st and 2nd floor?

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Montgomery Engine 701, you okay on two's message?

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Yeah, we're good, we're on our way.

2026-10-23 11:22 UTC

Fire

Poplar Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported odor of smoke at a two-story single-family home near Poplar Avenue in Takoma Park. Crews reported nothing visible on arrival and checked the basement as well as the first and second floors.