Fire crews investigate report of building fire

Heard on: Washington DC Fire EMS

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Units on the following alarm: Battalion Chief 6, operate on channel 0503.

00:09

Communications, AMR 76, no answer on a call back.

00:16

This is AMR 76.

00:18

AMR 76.

00:20

There's no answer on the callback.

00:21

I'm checking with the call taker if there's an apartment number.

00:24

AMR 76, copy.

00:26

Please make a patient contact.

00:28

Copy, 327.

00:35

AMR 83 respond BLS assault at the request of MPD on the scene at (number withheld) Michigan Avenue Northeast.

00:42

AMR 83 respond BLS assault at the request of MPD on the scene at (number withheld) Michigan Avenue Northeast, crosses Allison Street.

00:50

Operate on channel 327.

00:52

Battalion 6 to Communications engine four is on the alpha side.

00:55

Three-story, middle of the row.

00:58

Nothing evident.

00:59

And battalion six on the scene will be establishing 9th street command.

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Command post will be at 9th and French street northwest.

9/9/2026 12:25 AM

Fire

French St NW & 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units and a battalion chief responded to a possible alarm near 9th Street and French Street Northwest in Washington, DC. A three-story middle-of-the-row building was checked with no fire evident, and command was set up at the intersection. In a separate call, an ambulance was requested by police for a reported assault at a location on Michigan Avenue Northeast.