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Smoke odor reported in multi-family residence, no fire found 

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Near SW 69th Ave, Margate, FL 33068
Fire units responded to a smoke odor on the third floor of a four-story apartment building. Fire alarms sounded and residents were evacuated, but no smoke or fire was found.
Audio|Source: Broward County Fire/Rescue
01:20

Transcript:
you know an attack one from it. 1922. Engine 17, you was this fast to the structure fire[1]. It's going to be an attack one. Oh, (name withheld), you can clear. Copy that. Chills available. Copy that. It's available 1923. An odor of smoke[2] on the third floor. You have a rescue 237, engine 37, engine 14, 0.78, Agent 2 3, 1st3, T.R.T unit, yourself, battalion 17, Chief 32, Rescue 278, and Rescue 37, responding. Copy that. You just have a report of odor? Next 73. Rescue 3,000. It's no survival. We have a four-story, multi-family structures. We do have alarms now, I think. We do have people evacuated[3]. Acknowledge for 1027 are happy? We don't have any smoke during this time, but we'll be about to hear that. We acknowledge, 924. 1037, I copy. You can show me a lot of the line off command. 924.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
structure fire: Possible fire or alarm in a building
[2]
odor of smoke: Report of smoke smell, possible fire hazard
[3]
evacuated: Building evacuation in progress

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Near SW 69th Ave, Margate, FL 33068
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