Cooking smoke sets off fire alarm at home

Heard on: Watertown Fire and EMS

01:37

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

00:00

Respond to (number withheld) Skilton Road, Watertown.

00:02

Cross is at Charter Oak Drive, Hemen Road for the fire alarm sounding.

00:07

Repeating, respond to (number withheld) Skilton Road, Watertown.

00:11

Cross is at Charter Oak Drive, Hemen Road for the fire alarm sounding.

00:16

Time is 2157.

00:22

Car two on air.

00:25

Car two on air.

00:32

Car three responding.

00:37

Car three responding.

00:39

Car three received an update.

00:40

False alarm.

00:41

Smoke from cooking.

00:48

Car 2, quarter.

00:52

Car 2, quarter.

01:02

Car 3, I'm seeing nothing showing from the exterior.

01:13

Engine five.

01:15

Engine five responding.

01:22

Fire three, dispatch.

01:24

Go ahead.

01:27

Confirm 400 snow, snow, no arms, then reset.

01:31

Fire three to three.

01:34

First food on the stove.

01:36

Alarm has been reset. Resident returning.

2026-11-14 02:58 UTC

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Skilton Rd, Watertown, CT 06795

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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 home near Skilton Road in Watertown. The alarm was later determined to be a false alarm caused by food or smoke from cooking on a stove, with no fire showing outside and the alarm reset.

Cooking smoke sets off fire alarm at home

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