Fire alarm at hospital surgery area in St. Johnsbury

Heard on: St. Johnsbury Fire

01:36

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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St. Johnsbury Fire Department, 1st alarm, (number withheld) Hospital Drive, CPI Care,

00:06

Central Station, advising full station.

00:11

St. Johnsbury Fire Department, 1st alarm, (number withheld) Hospital Drive, CPI Care,

00:18

Central Station, reporting full station alarm activation, 1208 .

00:28

Fire alarm, Caledonia is en route.

00:35

Caledonia responding, 1210.

00:39

Fire alarm, engine one responding,

00:44

1210.

00:51

Engine one responding, 1210.

00:52

Engine one from fire alarm, engine one.

00:54

Go ahead.

00:58

Employee at our location advising panel showing coming from the top floor surgery.

01:07

Receiving.

01:14

Engine one from Barnet, Vermont.

01:16

Engine one.

01:19

Anyone answering?

01:22

Update from another employee in the top level advising they're having issues with an autoclave machine that was steaming.

01:36

Received.

2026-09-17 09:07 UTC

Fire

Hospital Dr, St Johnsbury, VT 05819

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported fire alarm at a care facility near Hospital Drive in St. Johnsbury. Dispatchers and employees indicated the alarm may have been caused by an autoclave machine steaming on the top floor surgery area.