Williamsville · Wehrle Drive

30-year-old chokes on her meal at LA Restaurant on Wehrle; partial airway, EMS pulls into Williamsville

At 17:28 Amherst Fire put out a ladder-EMS call to 29 Wehrle Drive[*], dispatch giving the address as ‘Whirly Drive at the Whirly Restaurant, between Harlem Road[*] and Bernhardt Drive[*]’ for a “30-year-old female choking, caller reporting she has… a partial airway obstruction”. Amherst PD on the air a few seconds later identified the location as the LA Restaurant, 29 Wehrle, called in by a Ms. Hess: a customer was “choking, she’s got a partial airway obstruction”.

By 17:29 the call had cleared: patient signed a release with Twin City, Williamsville fire back in service at 17:29.

Williamsville · Reist Street · Comprehensive Rehab

Catholic Health crew at the Reist Street rehab radios for a hand: 500-pound patient needs a Williamsville bariatric assist

Amherst Fire dispatched Williamsville for an EMS assist at 147 Reist Street[*] — Comprehensive Rehab, between an Eagleview extension and Hillside Drive[*] — after Catholic Health Ambulance on scene radioed they needed help moving a 500-pound patient. By 17:10 it had been upgraded to a “second call, that’s assist, 147 Reist Street at Comprehensive Rehab — Catholic Health ambulance on location requesting assistance with a 500-pound patient” dispatch. Williams 04 responded; the patient was taken “over to Suburban”.

Williamsville · Wehrle Drive · Charlie the Butcher

Hot-response EMS call pulls Williamsville to Charlie the Butcher on Wehrle Drive

At 16:58 Amherst Fire dispatched a Williamsville EMS assist on a hot response to 1065 Wehrle Drive[*], the “Charlie the Butcher’s Restaurant” — the dispatcher had to retread the address with the place name a half-minute later for clarity. Engine 4 was directed to continue alone after Engine 2 returned to service; by 17:08 a line was on location, and the call wrapped without further escalation.

Williamsville · South Ellicott Street

22-year-old seizing inside 120 South Ellicott pulls Twin City and Williamsville to the village

At 18:14 Amherst Fire dispatched to 120 South Ellicott Street[*], between Park Drive[*] and Oakgrove Drive[*], for a 22-year-old male having a seizure. Twin Hill 91 was responding, with Twin Sea 227 inbound from Maple. The call had cleared and a patient was left in care by 18:42, with Williamsville back in service.

Amherst · Wehrle Drive · domestic

14-year-old grabs a butcher knife on his sister at a Wehrle Drive apartment, leaves the house with it; APD scrambles

At 18:10 Amherst PD ran a domestic at 86 Wehrle Drive[*], apartment 5: a 14-year-old male had “threatened to stab his sister”, then taken a butcher knife and left the house. “they don’t know if he still has the knife with him”. Description on the air: black male, black jacket, gray shorts. A unit cleared a prior report and started for Wehrle; the radio went quiet on the result in the window.

Clarence Center · Ashwood Court

Mother calls in possible overdose at Ashwood Court — 29-year-old son, Clarence Center 9 and 7 rolling

At 06:42 EC Sheriff Patrol relayed that “a female caller stated she thinks her son has overdosed, a 29-year-old male”. Three minutes later Amherst Fire toned out 5285 Ashwood Court[*], off Valley Drive in Clarence Center, for a 29-year-old male. Clarence Center 9 went responding at 06:46 and Clarence Center 7 at 06:53; the call was still open at the brief’s 07:00 cutoff.

Williamsville · Main Transit FD Station 1

Help, help, the firehouse is on fire — sort of: Main Transit dispatched to a brush fire behind its own Station 1

If you ever wanted to hear a fire dispatcher tell a fire company to respond to a fire at the fire company, here it is. At 17:12 Amherst Fire put Main Transit on a brush fire at 6777 Main Street[*], at your Station 1, between Caesar Boulevard[*] and Ferndale Road[*], with the helpful clarification that the brush fire is “located behind”. By 17:29 the grass fire had been extinguished and Main Transit was back in service — a short walk indeed.

Lake Erie · Marine 7

Twelve hours of professional Great Lakes radio, one perfect three-word reply: ‘That’s what she said.’

Maritime Ops was the second-busiest system on the scanner this window with 437 segments — a roll-call of safety broadcasts, harbor regulations, and the occasional weather warning. Then, at 19:00:56, Marine 7 keyed up exactly once and said “that’s what she said”, then went silent. We have no idea what the prior transmission was, and we will never ask.

Buffalo · BroadwayTaxi

Cabbie clocks in with a prayer: ‘Lord, bless and advise me.’

At 20:00:41 a BroadwayTaxi driver clicked the mic for two-and-a-half seconds and said “Lord, bless and advise me”. Whether the Lord answered is not preserved on the channel. There was no follow-up. There rarely is.

Niagara Falls · Embassy Control

Embassy Suites maintenance encounters new-tier hospitality engineering: ‘billet aluminum, looks like Tanger, but I’ve never seen it in the Allen keys’

Niagara Region’s Embassy Control trunk — the Embassy Suites Niagara Falls in-house channel — spent most of the window on housekeeping and shuttle dispatch. But at 16:54 an engineer reported in from room 2420 with the diagnosis “it’s like a billet aluminum, looks like Tanger, but I’ve never seen it in the Allen keys — there’s nothing to bite into”, adding that he was “hopping on the test elevator” to try to fix it. The guest, dispatch noted, had stepped out of the room temporarily — a detail with the cadence of a thriller, deployed here for a stripped fastener.

Amherst · Smith Road · Amherst Paw Park

Late-night deer-struck near the Amherst Paw Park is reportedly ‘flopping around in the ditch’

At 23:37 an Amherst PD car took a deer-struck near the “Amherst Paw Park, 550 Smith Road” — a deer that, per the caller, was “flopping around in the ditch”. The patrol cleared the call quickly; the deer’s fate is undescribed and probably best left that way.

Amherst · Maple Road

Welfare check on Maple: ‘Asian female sobbing and spitting in the grass’ — an officer detours west to make the call

At 20:32 an Amherst PD officer keyed up to say she was “trying to make my way west to meet up with three for this paperwork, but we’re doing a welfare check” — a welfare check at 31 Maple Road[*], where dispatch reported “an Asian female sobbing and spitting in the grass”. The image is precise and the call is brief; no further on-air resolution made the window.

Hamburg · Wolf Road · Working structure fire

Hamburg works a structure fire at 3848 Wolf Road; Mutual 8G and Ambridge 6 called in, crew goes one-line interior

Town of Hamburg FD command radioed at 16:46 to “call Mutual 8G for the structure fire 3848 Wolf Road. Remain out on Sheldon” for a confirmed structure fire at 3848 Wolf Road, with the chief instructed to stay out on Sheldon for the staging. Ambridge 6 was requested at 16:51 and units began assignments shortly after; by 16:52 the crew was “one line stretch, taking a push on a… to one-interior”. The window cut off before a clear cause or disposition.

Clarence · Main Street · Gateway alarm

Multi-unit Clarence response for a general fire alarm at the Gateway, 6350 Main — pull-station investigation, all clear after interior check

At 23:30 the alarm company reported a general fire alarm at 6350 Main Street[*], the Gateway. Multiple Main Transit units went on location, with Rescue 7 reaching the scene first and Main Transit 9-2 rerouting to back them up. Amherst PD was requested for a pull-station check; the interior check came back negative and PD closed the call out at 23:36.

Amherst · UB North Campus · CO alarm

74 ppm carbon-monoxide reading in Room 108 brings National Fuel and UB Facilities to North Campus

Amherst Fire cleared a carbon-monoxide investigation at 20:02 with a “74 parts per million in room 108” reading. National Fuel was notified and UB Facilities also responded; by 20:36 National Fuel was on location with the chief of the building and the call cleared shortly after.

Clarence · Main Street · Little Pig

Commercial fire alarm at the Little Pig restaurant on Clarence’s Main Street — second-floor smoke detector, set off by cooking

Amherst Fire dispatched a commercial fire-alarm activation to 10651 Main Street[*], the Little Pig restaurant, between Bank Street[*] and a Sawmill/Solomon Hill cross street, for a second-floor smoke-detector activation. The alarm cleared as a “alarm set off by cooking holding” — routine.