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Cooking triggers fire alarm at Chatham library, Chatham NY

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/21/2025 05:01 AM

Near Library Pl, Chatham, NY 12037

A cooking incident triggered the fire alarm at the Chatham public library. Responders reset the alarm and temporarily disarmed the smoke detector before planning to rearm the system.

Audio|Source: Ontario County Public Safety

01:22

Transcript:

00:00

Go ahead.

00:02

Cooking set off the alarms. You want to try to reset.

00:08

You're not coming through.

00:24

Thank you. Thank you.

00:34

I would be changing an X2N trial,

00:37

near Library Pl,

00:39

and I have to disarm the smoke head.

00:46

Okay, do you need us to shut anything off on the panel?

00:54

What are we set?

00:58

Guys have done in the past when I had a disconnect of smokehead.

01:03

I'm assuming so,

01:04

but I'm not sure.

01:10

Okay, 963 just shut it off, so you should be all clear.

01:14

If you could just let us know when you're finished, we'll rearm it. Thank you very much, sir.

01:21

Tenforth. Thank you.

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Near Library Pl, Chatham, NY 12037

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