Smoke alarm at Champlain College dorm caused by cooking, Burlington VT

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/7/2025 02:03 PM

Near St Paul St, Burlington, VT 05401

Fire crews responded to a smoke alarm at a Champlain College dormitory at near St Paul St. The cause was cooking smoke. The alarm system was reset and no active fire was found.

Audio|Source: Chittenden County Fire and EMS

03:9

Transcript:

00:00

Tower One's on scene, five-story, non-combustible dormitory, nothing shown from the Alpha Bravo side.

00:05

Crew Tower One will be investigating, Canada of Tower One will have St.

00:08

Haltrich.

00:11

At 1704.4.

00:20

Shelburne Dispatch, Shubborn Rescueers 1-185, fine-eavened shore, Shurban Bay, east (number withheld)-year-old female, fall.

00:35

Sherbourne Espatch, Shaburner Rescue, Respond, 185 Pine Haven Shore, Shurban Bay.

00:40

East Building, (number withheld)-year-old female falls.

00:44

No report injuries looking for evaluation.

00:46

Timeout, 1704.4.

00:54

Shutburn, Shuburn Geeks, copy.

01:10

Angel 1A from Power 1.

01:16

Go ahead. Shelburne dispatch.

01:18

Shelvaron A1 is responding.

01:23

One alarm of a panel unit 516.

01:30

Tenge 2 go available.

01:31

One alarm 516.

01:38

Agency to go to mail.

01:44

Stee, Paul Stray, Command from Able.

01:47

Ms.

01:51

Paul Stray Command from Able.

01:56

Go ahead, Able.

02:00

Coffee saw on the panel that it's room 516.

02:03

See them received a call from Champlain College City in their unit of 516.

02:07

How do you want to send off from cooking in their unit of 516?

02:16

How did you want to add from Tower 1?

02:20

Do I?

02:22

You guys buying silence in the system.

02:24

This is smoke from cooking, but it might take a minute.

02:30

Copy, smoke from cooking, we will, silence, use them.

02:38

Andrew 1A from Tower 1A.

02:42

Answering.

02:44

Can you attempt to reset?

02:49

Stand by.

02:55

Command 1A, it appears to be holding.

03:00

Copy, you can go available.

03:02

If it goes off again in the next few minutes, we're going to vent this place out.

03:08

Copy, one's in service.

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