Watchlist: Properties
Tier 1 · 9580 Main Street · Stephen Development Office / Clarence Creative Kitchen
Car vs. Pole Directly in Front of CCK; Clarence Fire Pulls a Mutual-Aid Run From Outside the District[1]
Amherst Fire Dispatch sent the call out as “motor vehicle accident in front of 9580 Main Street” at 12:32 p.m.; Clarence FD acknowledged the run, ran it for roughly twenty-five minutes, and was back in service by 12:58.
At 12:32 p.m., Amherst Fire Dispatch put a call out across the Clarence channel: a motor vehicle accident in front of 9580 Main Street, between Gunnville Road[*] [Goodrich Road?] and Quarry Lane, described over the air as “car versus pole.”[2] Dispatch repeated the address moments later for confirmation.[1] Clarence 9-5 marked on-scene at 12:40, and Clarence 9-1 followed shortly after.[3]
By 12:58 p.m., Amherst Fire Dispatch closed the incident on the air: “One car, one pole. He's well en route today … the scene in general, myself and all Clarence units are back in service.”[4] The dispatcher thanked Clarence for “responding from outside the district” at 12:33, suggesting the closest in-district unit was committed elsewhere when the call dropped.[5] No subsequent radio traffic mentioned injuries, extrication, or damage to the property — the 9580 Main Street curb appears to be the pole's domain only. Resolved
Around the Neighborhood
Amherst PD · 11:53
Man Outside the Window, Threatening a Woman Inside — 146 Princeton, Williamsville-Adjacent[6]
Amherst PD took a call at 11:53 a.m. for a male outside a window on Princeton between Windermere and Brant, “threatening to harm a female.”[6] Dispatch was still gathering information when the caller hung up.[7] Twelve minutes later, units were back in the same block for a male “party fighting” at 141 Princeton[8] and then 146 Princeton, Apartment 1.[9] Officers stayed on scene long enough to clear; no transport requested on the air.
Amherst PD · 11:43
Suicidal-Thoughts Call Names Sherry Robbins; Twin City Staged for Mental Hygiene Assist[10]
An Amherst PD dispatcher logged a call at 11:43 a.m. for a subject identified on the air as Sherry Robbins, reporting suicidal thoughts.[10] Twin City 233 staged out of the Maplewood-Transit corner while officers worked the call.[11] No transport announced on the radio — consistent with a contact-and-evaluate disposition rather than a hospital run.
Amherst PD · 10:01 · Unitarian Universalist Church
Three Panic Alarms Out of the Reception Area at 6320 Main — Then a Fire Alarm Activation a Minute Later[12]
At 10:01 a.m., Amherst PD relayed a triple panic-alarm activation from the reception area of the Unitarian Universalist Church at 6320 Main Street, between Stoneham Way and Springer Drive.[12] About 90 seconds later, Amherst Fire Dispatch dropped a fire-alarm activation overlapping at the same address.[13] The Fire side cleared minutes later as the result of cooking — smoke, not signal — with the panic-alarm side wrapped on a callback to the alarm company.[14]
Amherst Fire Dispatch · 09:06
98-Year-Old Fall Injury at the Corner of Rapin Court; Main-Transit Carries the Call[15]
Amherst Fire Dispatch toned out Main-Transit (Williamsville Fire) at 9:06 a.m. for a 98-year-old man who had fallen and was injured at “the corner of Rapin Court.”[15] Twin City was already rolling. Routine EMS, but the age makes it worth flagging.
Amherst Fire Dispatch · 11:27 · Capitol Fence
Investigative Fire-Alarm Activation, 2 Ellicott Creek Road North — Large One-Story Commercial[16]
Amherst Fire Dispatch sent an investigative fire-alarm activation to 2 Ellicott Creek Road North at Capitol Fence at 11:27 a.m.[16] Ellicott Creek Engine 1 responded; on-scene description was “large, one-story commercial.”[17] No fire found.
Amherst Fire Dispatch · 10:44 · Sisters of St. Joseph
91-Year-Old at the Sisters of St. Joseph Residence, Short of Breath, Stroke History[18]
Clarence units were sent to 4975 Circular Road at 10:44 a.m. for a 91-year-old female at the Sisters of St. Joseph residence, short of breath with garbled speech and a history of stroke.[18] Routine medical structure, ALS-eligible by the indicators on the air.
Amherst PD · 12:18 · Domestic, Underage
Domestic at 25 Tristan Lane — “15-Year-Old Daughter, Giving the Mom Problems”[19]
Amherst PD took a domestic call at 25 Tristan Lane at 12:18 p.m. with the dispatcher's verbatim summary: a 15-year-old daughter giving her mother problems.[19] A separate domestic followed at 13:18 at 228 Traverse Circle Apartment A — complainant said the issue was with a sister in Texas, suggesting a long-distance phone-call dispute rather than an on-scene threat.[20]
Overheard: The Wires
Amherst PD · 07:16
“I'm Seeing the Man Was Defecating on the Sidewalk.”[21]
The third minute of the morning watch — not even the eighth full transmission of the shift — an Amherst PD officer updates dispatch on a generator-noise call already in progress, then pivots, without ceremony, to the actual situation in front of him. The transmission, in full: “I'm seeing the man was defecating on the sidewalk.”[21] No tone of alarm. Just data.
BuffaloLimo · 07:56
Buffalo Limo Driver Detours for the Turtle[22]
Two minutes before 8 a.m., a BuffaloLimo driver pulled to the side of his channel and announced: “I'm going to go see what's up with that turtle.”[22] The radio offered no follow-up. We do not know if the turtle was hurt, lost, dispossessed, or merely sun-bathing. We do know that, for at least a minute, somebody in a stretch livery cared.
BuffaloLimo · 14:32
“Knocked Out for the Domestics, Involving a Child and Mother.”[23]
BuffaloLimo broadcasts something that lands somewhere between a 911 relay and a soap-opera log line: “knocked out for the domestics, involving a child and mother.”[23] Plausibly a driver clearing his board after seeing a roadside incident; just as plausibly a typewriter character in a hard-boiled novel. Either way: a sentence with a stomach in it.
Amherst PD · 10:02
Dispatched on a Triple Panic Alarm at a Church. The Officer's Reply: “I'm Bored.”[24]
Three panic alarms from the reception area of the Unitarian Universalist Church at 6320 Main — one of the more attention-grabbing alarm sequences of the morning. Five seconds later, an Amherst PD voice deadpans the most honest transmission of the day: “I'm bored.”[24] Service was, in fact, restored on the call.
Amherst PD · 07:16
“Three Rounds, Duke.”[25]
Mid-conversation between two Amherst PD units, no context before or after. “Three rounds, Duke.”[25] Whether boxing, billiards, or ammunition is anybody's guess. The Williamsville morning is layered.
Amherst PD · 10:48
Stolen Property From “Crookville, Six Corners,” Now Listed on Facebook Marketplace[26]
An Amherst PD unit relayed a complaint at 10:48 a.m. from a resident of Crookville, Six Corners, who said property stolen from him is now being sold on Marketplace.[26] Half hilarious, half novelistic; entirely 2026.
Genesee County FD · 12:50
“Tragmatic Crash Detection.” Genesee County FD Invents a New EMS Category[27]
The Genesee County FD dispatcher, mid-page: “Tragmatic crash detection.”[27] The intended word is “traumatic” — the on-air result is a portmanteau that is, if anything, more accurate to the experience of being inside a wrecked car.
Regional Blotter
BFD Ch. 1 · Buffalo · 13:36
Man Down, Possibly Unconscious, at the 7-Eleven at 975 Abbott Road[28]
Buffalo Fire Ch. 1 dispatched at 13:36 to 975 Abbott Road, between Hollywood and Kimberly, for a male patient down and possibly unconscious at the 7-Eleven.[28] A separate BFD page at 14:08 listed an “altered level of consciousness” with a max-box assignment elsewhere in the city — a busy mid-afternoon for BFD's medical board.[29]
BPD Ch. 4 · Buffalo · 13:48
Door Kicked In, Order to Vacate — Buffalo PD Pushes Engine 3 to 950 Broadway[30]
Buffalo PD's South sector relayed at 13:48 that “the door's been kicked in” on a property under an order to vacate.[30] Ten minutes later, BFD updated the location for police-requested standby to 950 Broadway, dispatching Engine 3 alongside the police element.[31]
Other Calls of Note
[10:35] Amherst PD — Officers worked overnight burglary follow-up out of the North Branch; no new descriptive details put on the air this window.[32]
[10:01] Amherst PD — Recovery alarm at 6320 Main triggered customer trouble notification at the Unitarian Universalist Church.[33]
[09:26] Amherst PD — Customer trouble at Whitehall 6, 4400 Maple Road — front-desk employee said a guest was “talking very bad” and possibly wanted a deposit back.[34]
[12:01] Amherst Fire Dispatch — 1900 Sweet Home Road (UB-area), fire-alarm activation between American Campus Drive and Skinnersville Road; cleared.[35]
[12:01] Amherst Fire Dispatch — Medical alarm at 33 North Drive between Eckert Road and South Drive: 94-year-old male, head injury.[36]
[10:10] Erie County Sheriff Patrol — Call at 3080 Grinnell Boulevard, Apt. 24; no follow-up disposition surfaced on the air.[37]
[08:10] NC FD Dispatch — Lockport: 58-year-old male slid out of bed, requesting a lift assist at 7777 Main Street Apartment 1004.[38]
[11:01] NC FD Dispatch — 44-year-old female inside a silver Kia in the driveway at 4521 Freeman Road between Mountain and Palmer, asthma attack; Mercy responded.[39]
[10:48] NC FD Dispatch — Cambria/Wilson: 62-year-old female, diaphoretic and extremely tired; ALS priority.[40]
[10:56] T-Hamburg FD Dispatch — Facial injury from assault; transport request, then cleared at 10:56.[41]
[08:37] T-Hamburg FD Dispatch — 8855 Woodside Drive at People Inc.; 43-year-old male, syncope.[42]
[08:00] T-Hamburg FD Dispatch — 4311 Mary Drive, 70-year-old male, dizzy and diaphoretic — paramedic response.[43]
[07:18] Cheektowaga PD 1 — Officer reported a subject “laying on the ground behind the building”; cover assigned, cleared shortly thereafter.[44]
[07:32] S-E FD Central — Mutual aid to Farnham, 791 Grand Farnham Road; 64-year-old female reading EMS call.[45]
[11:20] CFD Disp (Cheektowaga FD) — 37 Royal Palm Drive between Battenwood and east side; routine call.[46]
[11:00] NYSTA Ch. 4 — I-14 over 8 southbound: vehicle stuck in the right lane, BV request for traffic control.[47]