Fire alarm triggered by cooking at Vermont Street building, Springfield MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/29/2025 09:25 AM

Near Vermont St, Springfield, MA 01108

A fire alarm was triggered at a two-and-a-half story wood-frame building near Vermont Street. The cause was unintentional and related to cooking. The system was reset before firefighters arrived, and no fire was found.

Audio|Source: Springfield Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Respond to near Vermont St.

00:02

Fire alarm.

00:10

Fire alarm. Mega fire alarm[1].

00:12

Fire alarms off for command.

00:15

Megavan and Troutment.

00:16

I'll hold the engine company.

00:25

Recall is in for near Magazine Street, no entrapment, see the first engine.

00:31

See that, front chief.

00:37

Okay,

00:41

command of final line. I'll keep tack on under one.

00:44

All the companies will be back in service momentarily.

00:47

You hold the tacking engine one. All the companies are back in service. Call that one already.

00:55

Truck 4, copies direct, taxi service.

00:58

See, truck, four, copy, direct, wagon service. File on the truck three, engine three.

01:05

Yeah, truck three is on C. Two and a half story wood frame.

01:08

We'll be investigating. Truck three are you from that.

01:11

Two and a half wood, nothing to show and investigating. It's going to be the rear building smoke detector activation.

01:16

Engine 3rd Street.

01:18

Save engine three on, same.

01:26

Vermont Street Command to fire alarm[1]. Veronica Street Command, fire alarm.

01:29

Veronica, Command, go in your message.

01:33

Okay, you can terminate command.

01:35

Engine 3, Truck 3, back in service.

01:38

That was going to be unintentional due to cooking,

01:41

keyholder on scene, they reset prior to our arrival.

01:43

Systems in a normal state.

01:46

Basically, command, unintentioned to the cooking, keyholder on scene.

01:49

Reset the system before arrival to the fire department. All companies back in service, command is terminated.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

fire alarm: Activated automatic fire alarm signal

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Near Vermont St, Springfield, MA 01108

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