Clarence · 10655 Main Street (7-11)

Woman ran over by her own vehicle at the Clarence 7-11 — the car was left in gear, uncontrolled bleeding at first report

Clarence NEMS gets a 65-year-old female on the ground at the Bank/Sawmill 7-11 after her vehicle drove itself over her leg; by the time transport is called, she has refused all care and Clarence is back in service

At 8:10 a.m., Amherst Fire Dispatch put Clarence NEMS on a very specific call at 10655 Main Street, the 7-11 between Bank Street[*] and Sawmill Road[*]: “A 65-year-old female who had a vehicle run over her leg, she is not trapped under the vehicle, uncontrolled bleeding”. Two minutes later the first-arriving unit filled in the mechanism from Maple and Transit: “The vehicle was left in gear and it ran over her leg. She is still down on the ground but she was conscious and alert”.

By 8:32 the tone had shifted completely: “Patient refused all care. Clarence is back in service at 8-32 hours”. There was no transport. The patient — conscious and alert throughout — signed off, and the run cleared as fast as it began.

Getzville · Sweet Home & Dodge

Two-car MVA at Sweet Home & Dodge draws a second ambulance — three patients, a commercial vehicle in the mix, and bystanders already in the car by the time APD rolled up

An Amherst PD unit arrives to find civilians checking on somebody in the vehicle at Sweet Home and Dodge; Getzville 9-5 and Twin City rolled, three patients, ambulance requests a second unit

At 13:11 an Amherst PD unit put a Sweet Home and Dodge accident on the air with the detail that shifts a call from routine to something else: “You've got an accident, Sweet Home and Dodge, trying to go over to see if anybody's hurt, but there's a lot of bystanders checking on somebody in the vehicle”. Three minutes later the picture got heavier — “It might involve a commercial vehicle here”. Amherst Fire Dispatch worked the primary channel and put Getzville 9-5 into it from Sweet Home Road[*]; the two-car call became a three-patient scene with APD on location by 13:15.

By 13:27 the ambulance on scene asked for a second, and dispatch confirmed Chettville 6 responding. One warning went out for a related vehicle at Sweet Home Road[*] and South Ellicott Creek — plate Lincoln Henry Tom 9831 — as APD closed the loop on a related VTL.

Amherst · 7300 Transit Road to 6551 Main

‘Held her by the neck, pushed her into the car, screaming out the window’ — Amherst PD tails a Toyota Corolla from Transit to a back-of-the-lot Main Street building, then finds everyone calm

A caller at 7300 Transit Road watches a male force a female into a car; Amherst PD tracks a Clarence-registered Corolla into 6551 Main, checks on the pair, and reports both walked out on their own

At 10:54, an Amherst PD dispatcher put a domestic-in-progress on the air with the kind of first-account detail that lifts a Transit-Road corridor call above the noise: “The caller saw a male push a female into a car after holding her by the neck during the lot. He pushed her and she was screaming out the window”. Dispatch had a plate — “Toyota Corolla, plate is Sam Adam Robert, David Adam Robert 1, registered to Clarence” — and a direction: westbound off Main from the 7300 Transit lot.

The follow-up came six minutes later. The complainant was tracking the vehicle live: “They're pulling into a mask parking lot in the area of 6551 Main”. A second cover unit rolled toward the back-of-lot building; at 10:59 the primary called it: “They came out of the building, all calm”. There was no arrest announced, no obvious continuation on the record. The channel moved on.

Snyder · 64 Mount Vernon Road

Transformer fire at 64 Mount Vernon — Snyder 2 rolls, finds no visible fire, National Grid notified

Amherst Fire Dispatch pages Snyder for a report of a transformer fire on Mount Vernon Road; Air Force Control 2 also rolls, on-scene reports negative flame

At 12:49, Amherst Fire Dispatch put Snyder into a call the neighborhood knows by sound before it hears the address: “Snyder, part of a transformer fire at 64 Mount Vernon Road”. Three minutes later, Air Force Control 2 was on the air asking Snyder 2 whether the assignment was still needed at 64 Mount Vernon Road; the answer arrived from the truck: “No visible fire at this time”. At 12:57 dispatch closed the loop cleanly — National Grid had been notified.

Getzville · 1290 Sweet Home Road (Staybridge Suites)

Elevator rescue at Staybridge Suites — a 20-year-old female stuck at 1290 Sweet Home Road

Getzville tones out for an elevator entrapment at the Staybridge Suites, 1290 Sweet Home Road; the channel clears without a transport call

At 13:37 Amherst Fire Dispatch pushed Getzville to an elevator entrapment at 1290 Sweet Home Road[*], Staybridge Suites, for “A 20-year-old female stuck in the elevator”. The channel cleared without a follow-up transport request, and a spare APD unit picked up the assist run at 13:49 for coverage.

Amherst · Main & Bailey

Bicyclist struck by a vehicle at Main and Bailey — reported leg and ankle injuries on the Buffalo edge

Amherst Fire Dispatch and AMR work a call at Main & Bailey on the Buffalo side; UB and Buffalo Police responded, with Ellicott Creek covering

At 7:55 a.m., Amherst PD flagged an unfolding situation at North Bailey and Main: “It's called Lantanoff, 2B, Tonawanda, Officer. Trailed on a bike, there's an ankle injury”. A minute later Amherst Fire Dispatch spun it up into a formal investigation: “Iris, we'll investigate a bicyclist struck by a vehicle, Maine & Bailey, reported leg and ankle injuries, 7-56 hours, Amherst Fire”. Command noted at 08:06 that AMR was on location and that this was on the Buffalo side — “AMR on location, this is on the Buffalo side” — meaning the response was truly mixed jurisdiction, with UB and Buffalo Police on scene alongside Amherst apparatus.

NYSTA · Erie County / I-190

Nine-year-old wearing all black runs toward the 190 — Erie County calls Troop A for backup

A NYSTA broadcast just after 2 p.m. asks Troop A to help chase a missing 9-year-old — Andy Brown, approx 4'10", 'Isaiah Ali' — last seen near the I-190 in Erie County

At 2:18 p.m., NYSTA Channel 4 pushed a mutual-aid page that reads like a movie stage direction: “From Erie County looking for some assistance. We have a missing nine-year-old who's wearing all black”. The second half of the broadcast added the detail that makes it stick — “The child ran towards the highway, no longer in sight. Erie County is following and requesting assistance”. Erie County was in pursuit and requesting assistance; the channel didn't come back with a resolution during our window.

Amherst · 3640 Main (Dunkin')

Blue Malibu, blue Dunkin', and a drink through the window — ‘because the other guy gave him the finger first’

Amherst PD closes a Dunkin' Donuts complaint at 3640 Main by getting a full, unprompted confession from the driver — motive included

At 11:01 a.m., an Amherst PD dispatcher pushed a routine parking-lot complaint at Dunkin' Donuts, 3640 Main Street: a blue Chevy Malibu, plate “Michael Charlie King, 1633”, had thrown something through another car's window. At 11:04 the officer on scene came back with a confession pattern that rarely survives past a first sentence: “He admitted to throwing a drink through the other vehicle window, but only because the other guy gave him the finger first”. Nobody wanted to press charges once the officer explained the process, and the day's second-strangest de-escalation ended without a report.

NYSTA · Thruway shoulder

‘Deer struck by a tractor trailer, came in from a pasture, the deer is still alive’ — an NYSTA one-liner from a pulled-over unit

A NYSTA Channel 4 dispatch and the trooper who ‘just pulled up on them' put the day's most complete rural-New-York vignette on the air in two lines

At 1:50 p.m., NYSTA Channel 4 put an unadorned line on the record — “We have a report of a deer that was struck by a tractor trailer, came in from a pasture, the deer is still alive in a” — and 14 seconds later the responding trooper came back with the follow-up: “5-6-1-4, yeah, I just pulled up on them. The deer is”. That was the whole call, and the channel moved on before the tape said what happened to the deer.

Amherst · Williamsville East High School

‘Is this a continuation from yesterday?’ — Amherst PD walks a Krantz-family custody call from a school pickup to HQ

A call at Williamsville East draws Amherst PD into a father-mother dispute over who's allowed to have a kid; the dispatcher's short answer is more revealing than the call itself

At 1:20 p.m., an Amherst PD dispatcher opened a call at Williamsville East High School, 51 Paradise Road: “Our caller's sister is going to be there in white Hyundai SUV. There's some dispute over who's allowed to have the child and he claims that the teen is reported missing but he's not”. Two minutes later, the responding officer asked the question every dispatcher recognizes: “Is this a continuation from yesterday?”. The reply came back in one word: “Most likely”. Officers cleared to HQ with the names Karina and Zachary and Jacob Krantz on the record, no arrest, and a very quiet welfare check to run at the residence.

Amherst · 4754 North French

Amherst PD writes yesterday's paperwork today: a hit-and-run overnight at Notaro Chiropractic

An officer catches up on report queue and puts a walk-up hit-and-run from the night before at 4754 North French on the air — polite bureaucracy in radio form

At 10:12 a.m., an Amherst PD unit put the day's most administrative sentence on the air: “My next up is going to be a head-run accident that occurred last night at Nataro Chiropractic, 4754 North French”. Nothing further came from the scene, because there was no scene — the vehicle had already been struck, at Notaro Chiropractic on North French, and the officer was writing yesterday's report today. Ten seconds later a second, related detail was dropped in a low voice: “Marcy from a vehicle overnight at 44 Guano”.

Newstead · 270 Theodore

Newstead ‘Hiemat' at 270 Theodore — the two-word page that let AFI1 arrive without ever calling it a hazmat

Amherst Fire Dispatch tones out a mysteriously abbreviated Newstead call; the primary is on location within two minutes, and the channel never returns to define the nature of the call

At 11:26 a.m., Amherst Fire Dispatch put a one-line page on the air: “Newstead, Hiemat, 270 Theodore Road”. AFI1 was on location by 11:28, and the second-in unit, Newstead 8, rolled at 11:33. There was no follow-up on nature-of-call and no transport announcement — the channel just returned to routine EMS traffic. "Hiemat" reads like a Whisper miss on either "hazmat" or "HAZMAT"; the actual call type never landed on the record.

Buffalo · East Ferry & Moselle

BFD working a fire behind the altar of an abandoned church — ‘we're hitting it from halfway through the church'

Buffalo Fire escalates from an investigate-for-smoke to a fully-committed structure fire at East Ferry & Moselle: engines 33 and 22, ladders 6, 7 and 8, B43, a FAST team, and the standard hold-and-work order

At 14:10, BFD Ch1 Dispatch put a preliminary signal on the air at East Ferry and Moselle for Engine 33, Engine 22, Ladder 6 and B43. A minute later, dispatch upgraded it: “A signal to investigate smoke, East Ferry & Moselle, at the abandoned church, to go for engine 33, engine 22, ladder 6, and B43”. By 14:14, command "ballasted the assignment" and pushed Ladder 7 and Ladder 8 in with the FAST team.

The scene inside the abandoned church went the way old-building fires tend to go. At 14:28, the interior called for reinforcement — “Can we get an engine company to advance the line to the altar?”. At 14:46, the basement was where the fight was — “Ember falling in the basement. We're definitely going to have to keep working down here”. By 14:54, command was already talking about overhaul: “Chief, we're probably going to need 12-foot hooks, and I'm not sure how we're going to overhaul”. The fire was still active as our window closed.

Cheektowaga · 17 Seminole Lane

Cheektowaga three-part attack for a 48-year-old with chest pain and a heart-attack history

CFD Dispatch pushes a three-part attack at 17 Seminole Lane for a middle-aged male with chest pain, difficulty breathing, abdominal pain, and prior cardiac history

At 9:14 a.m., Cheektowaga Fire Dispatch put a full-commitment page on the air at 17 Seminole Lane: “Request for EMS for a 48-year-old male with chest pain, difficulty breathing, and abdominal pain with history of heart attack at 17 Seminole Lane, east side between Seminole and George Urban”. "Three-part attack" is CFD's specific medical priority tag for a cardiac event that gets both engine and ambulance out the door on echoing tones.

Alden · 13190 Park Street

General-alarm fire response to Alden Heights — Alden, Town Line, Crittenden and Millgrove roll on 13190 Park Street

Lancaster Fire Dispatch pages an automatic mutual-aid full-company response at 13190 Park Street; a ladder from Town Line, a tanker from Crittenden, one engine from Millgrove

At 14:48, Lancaster Fire Dispatch declared a general alarm at Alden Heights, 13190 Park Street: “Full company response from Alden. A lander from Town Line, a tanker from Scranton, one engine from Millgrove”. The formation was the full mutual-aid pattern for a general alarm rural response.

East Aurora · Hampton Inn (49 Olean Road)

Elevator rescue at the East Aurora Hampton Inn — 49 Olean Road at the Oakwood corner

EAFD Dispatch pages an occupied-elevator rescue at the East Aurora Hampton Inn, 49 Olean Road, at the corner of Oakwood

At 12:21, East Aurora Fire Dispatch pushed a call that matched Getzville's Staybridge run almost hour for hour: “Repeating for East Shore, an elevator rescue at the Hampton Inn, 49 Olean Road, 49 Olean”. The channel didn't come back with an extrication time.