Apartment smoke alarm caused by burnt food

Heard on: Hunterdon County Fire & EMS Dispatch

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Box Nineteen Oh Nine (number withheld) East Hill Road, fire alarm activation.

00:19

Box 1909, 19 fire responding, Lebanon Township, (number withheld)

00:24

Hill Road East, for a fire alarm activation, apartment smoke detector.

00:28

Repeating, box 1909, 19 fire responding, Lebanon Township, (number withheld) Hill Road East, for a fire alarm activation, apartment smoke detector.

00:37

Command on fire three operations, fire four, 1433.

00:44

All units responding, box 1909, (number withheld) East Hill Road.

00:49

Second call for no one coming.

00:50

Requesting cancellation.

00:52

Bird French toast for a (name withheld) on scene, 1435.

01:02

All responding units on fire box 1909,

01:06

(number withheld) East Hill Road.

01:07

You can cancel the 3rd chief 19.

01:09

Confirm burnt food.

01:10

Again, all units cancel on fire box 1909,

01:16

East Hill Road.

8/13/2026 11:29 AM

Fire

E Hill Rd, Califon, NJ 07830

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to an apartment on East Hill Road in Lebanon Township for a reported fire alarm activation from a smoke detector, which was later confirmed to be caused by burnt food and responding units were canceled.