Fire in apartment near Wisconsin Avenue NW

Heard on: Washington DC Fire Dispatch

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Box alarm, engine 5, engine 28, engine 29, engine 9, engine 31, truck 12, truck 14, battalion chief 5, battalion chief 4, rescue squad 2, EMS 5, ambulance 3, medic 21 is responding for reports of smoke in apartment (number withheld) at (number withheld) Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, across from Calvert Street.

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1617.

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Battalion Five Communications, Engine Five is on the alpha side.

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Eight-story apartment building, nothing evident.

00:27

Establishing command.

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Italian Five will be on the scene, assuming command with command post behind truck twelve in the buggy.

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Sixteen twenty-one.

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Washington Avenue Communications.

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Engine Five reports fire in apartment (number withheld) .

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Go ahead and start an extra truck, investigator, and air unit.

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Copy that.

2026-11-12 21:15 UTC

Fire

Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a reported smoke condition at an eight-story apartment building near Wisconsin Avenue Northwest and Calvert Street. Crews established command and confirmed a fire in one apartment, requesting an additional truck, an investigator, and an air unit.

Fire in apartment near Wisconsin Avenue NW

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