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Buffalo · Rommel Avenue

Heavy Response Battles Working Fire on Buffalo's Rommel Avenue

Buffalo Fire dispatch put out a first alarm just before 11:30 AM for a fire at 51 Rommel Avenue, between Broadway and Stretzner, sending a heavy response — engines 22, 3 and 31, ladders 14 and 5, with ladder 15 assigned as the fast team, plus rescue 1 and battalion chiefs designated B43, B41 and B56 — and moving all companies to a tactical channel within a minute of the initial alarm. About eleven minutes later, dispatch relayed a shift in the operation, moving companies from one channel assignment to another, the only further word on the air before the traffic moved on. No injuries, displacement, or an all-clear were reported on the air within the window captured here.

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Gowanda · South Chapel Street · Medical

ONGOING

A Child Calls 911 to Find a Mother Cold in the Bathtub; CPR and Narcan on South Chapel Street

A little caller in Gowanda relayed the worst of it over the phone while deputies and EMS raced to the address.

At 9:54 AM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatch put out a call that stopped the morning cold: a child on 911 from 117 South Chapel Street in Gowanda, saying there was a woman in the bathtub who wasn't breathing. Little Valley units were sent, and a dispatcher worked to see whether Gowanda PD was available to back them in.

The updates came from the child, and they got grimmer by the minute — the mother described as cold to the touch and purple in the face. By 10:00 AM a unit advised there was no pulse, and at 10:01 AM dispatch logged one Narcan administered with CPR in progress. It was the gravest call anywhere on the wires all morning, carried in the voice of a child.

Amherst · North French Road · Manhunt

ONGOING

K-9 Units and a Drone Hunt a Fleeing Man Through the Woods Off North French

Officers laid a perimeter behind Banchetti's and ran a heat signature to ground as a possibly-armed subject crashed through the tree line.

Just after 7:30 AM, Amherst police were chasing a man on foot through the wooded stretch behind Banchetti's, near 596 North French Road. Officers tracked him by sound as he crashed east through the brush — "I can definitely hear them going east," one radioed — and worked to box in the tree line between the restaurant's event center and the office complex toward North French.

As patrols called out their posts around the Banchetti's perimeter, a supervisor moved to bring in help. "If we got this locked down, let's see if we can get an assist other agency, and I'm going to work on getting the drone up," he said, adding a K-9 to the mix. A drone unit was ordered up minutes later. The subject, described earlier as wearing a black Gothic hoodie and gray sweatpants and possibly armed, was contained in the woods as the perimeter held.

Buffalo · Sumner Street · Drive-By Shooting

ONGOING

A Black Truck Pulls Up and Opens Fire on a Porch Full of People on Sumner Street

Callers reported a man firing into an empty field near Keystone before the gunfire found an occupied porch; a bullet fragment was recovered at the scene.

Around 1:53 PM, Buffalo police fielded a run of calls near 244 Keystone — a man in a black hoodie seen running into an empty field, firing off some shots, then leaving in a vehicle. Within minutes the reports converged on 255 Sumner, where people were outside screaming and a caller said someone had been shot.

At the scene, the account sharpened: people sitting on the front porch when a black truck pulled up and started shooting at them. "They were sitting on the front porch. A black truck pulled up and started shooting at them," an officer reported, with the truck last seen heading north on West Dean from Sumner. Officers canvassed for witnesses and, by just after 2:00 PM, documented a bullet fragment found near the stairs in front of the building.

Grand Island · Parker Boulevard · House Fire

ONGOING

Heavy Smoke and a Full Response for a House Fire Near Parker and Decatur

Crews were sent to the second house from Decatur with smoke already showing.

At 10:07 AM, Tonawanda Town Fire put out a house fire in the Parker Boulevard and Decatur Road area, described as the second house from Decatur with heavy smoke reported. All units were sent responding.

A working house fire with smoke already showing is the kind of run that pulls a full complement of apparatus, and dispatch treated it as such from the outset. It was one of a handful of genuine fires on the morning's wires, against a backdrop that otherwise ran to cooking alarms and vaping-triggered detectors.

Buffalo · 824 Delaware · Missing Child

ONGOING

Buffalo Police Search for an 11-Year-Old Who Walked Away From Child and Family Services

Luis, in a white shirt and black shorts, left 824 Delaware with no known direction of travel.

At 12:08 PM, Buffalo police broadcast a missing-person-under-12 call at 824 Delaware — a caseworker at Child and Family Services reporting an 11-year-old boy, Luis, a Hispanic male wearing a white shirt and black shorts, unaccounted for.

Cars moved to cover the area, but the search started blind: the caseworker advised it was unknown which direction the boy had gone. A young child missing from a care agency in the middle of the day is the kind of call that pulls units off routine work fast, and dispatch fanned officers out across the surrounding blocks.

Amherst · South Union Street · Domestic Violence

ONGOING

A Man Strangles a Woman and Flees a South Union Apartment in a Violent Amherst Domestic

The suspect took off, possibly in a black Chevy Cruze, with his direction unknown.

At 12:19 PM, Amherst police were sent to 229 South Union Street, Apartment 3, for a domestic in which a man was reported to have strangled a woman before fleeing the scene. The suspect was believed to have left in a black Chevy Cruze, direction unknown.

A strangulation-level domestic with the aggressor already gone is among the more serious runs the Amherst wires carried all day, and one that leaves officers working two problems at once — caring for the victim and hunting a fled suspect across town.


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Kenmore-Tonawandas · Paddock Ice Rink

Rink Alarm Melts Down Over a Bathroom Vape Cloud

Brighton units rolled to the Paddock Ice Rink, then rolled right back.

At 10:22 AM, a fire alarm at the Paddock Ice Rink on Brompton Road sent Tonawanda Town Fire out the door. Four minutes later came the anticlimax: someone had been vaping in the bathroom. "You can hold all equipment in quarters," dispatch advised, and Brighton went back in service — a false alarm powered entirely by a vape cloud.

Depew · George Urban Boulevard

No Fire Here — Just a Whole Lot of Chicken

A smoke report at Karuba Chicken resolved into the smell of dinner.

At 8:52 AM, Depew Fire ran a smoke report at Karuba Chicken on George Urban Boulevard. The findings, delivered with total deadpan: "There is no fire. They're just cooking chickens." No blaze, no damage — just a restaurant doing exactly what a chicken restaurant does.

Jamestown · Baker Street at Big Tree

City Bus Reported Littering — From the Bus

Jamestown coach number 157 accused of tossing trash out the windows mid-route.

At 12:01 PM, Chautauqua County dispatch logged an unusual complaint at Baker Street and Big Tree: Jamestown bus number 157, reported to be throwing trash out its windows as it went. A rolling litterbug on a fixed route — the kind of complaint that writes itself.

Cattaraugus County · Little Valley

A Quiet 'Thank You, Loretta' Signs Off the Afternoon

A small courtesy at the end of a long dispatch exchange.

In the middle of a long EMS handoff at 12:44 PM, a unit clearing out offered a simple "Thank you for your service." The reply came back warm and by name — "Thank you, Loretta" — a small human exchange in a channel otherwise full of injuries and mileage numbers.

Williamsville · Tops Market

The Meat Walker: Shopper Accused of Stashing Steaks in His Mobility Aid

A self-described renowned shoplifter allegedly loaded his walker and backpack at Tops.

At 2:07 PM, Amherst dispatch flagged a shoplifter at Tops — described as a man in his 50s with a blue ball cap, a "renowned shoplifter" who was "taking meat, concealing it in his walker and his backpack." Loss prevention confronted him, an argument broke out, and by the time officers closed in the party had bolted on foot toward Rainbow, his silver Ford Focus getaway pulling away without him.


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Buffalo Metro

Buffalo · Trenton Avenue

Buffalo Fire Frees Trio Trapped in Trenton Avenue Elevator

At 11:41 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatch put out a Still Alarm Level 2 response to 333 Trenton Avenue for people reported trapped in an elevator, sending Engine 2, Ladder 6 and Ladder 10 along with Battalion Chief 44. As the chief rolled, dispatch clarified the situation on the air: “report of 3 people stuck in the elevator, no medical issues”. No further update on the extrication was broadcast before the channel moved on to other calls.

Lackawanna · Egan Street

Domestic Assault Caller Says Suspect Ducked Inside as Girlfriend Drove Off Toward West Seneca

At 8:50 AM, Lackawanna police were sent to 58 Egan Street after a 911 caller reported “a black male appeared to be assaulting a female inside a blue Honda”, with the woman driving off toward West Seneca in the Honda while the man went inside the Egan Street address. The complainant called back minutes later with additional information that did not come through clearly over the air. An officer radioed on scene at 58 Egan Street by 8:54 AM; no arrest was reported before the channel moved on.

Cheektowaga · Workplace Threat

CPS Tip Warns Cheektowaga Police of Threat to 'Shoot the Place Up'

Just after 2 PM, Cheektowaga police dispatch relayed a warning passed along by Child Protective Services: an employee at an unspecified workplace said she planned to call family members over someone who had been harassing her, a threat CPS characterized on the radio as “somebody was going to come and shoot the place up for somebody that was harassing her”. Dispatch told responding units the phone number CPS provided traced back to an address on Andrea Lane; no name was confirmed on the air, and no further police action was reported before the channel moved to other calls.

Lancaster · Cemetery Road

Driver, Passenger Pulled From Vehicle After Crash on Lancaster's Cemetery Road Bridge

At 7:12 AM, Lancaster police were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on the Cemetery Road bridge, with an officer on scene describing it as “we're in a dangerous spot on the bridge” and asking for another unit to help block traffic. Dispatch first identified the seizure patient as the vehicle's passenger, then corrected the record to say it was the driver, before naming the passenger, at 7:18 AM, as a man identified as Jacob Kent, said to have a history of seizures — leaving unclear on the air exactly which occupant needed care. By 7:26 AM, officers confirmed the patient was clear of the vehicle and cleared the passenger to drive it off the bridge as units held traffic in both directions.

Southtowns

West Seneca · Treehaven Road

Stolen Pickup With Plates Still Attached Triggers Multi-Unit West Seneca Search

Just after 11 AM, West Seneca police began searching for a grey Dodge Ram — a quad-cab Laramie — reported “going through vehicles” in the area of 533 Treehaven Road[*]. Dispatch worked out the plate as Kilo-Golf-Echo 9154 and confirmed the truck had come back stolen out of Tonawanda, its plates still on it as of a location hit on Cloverside seven minutes earlier. Units were vectored toward the truck's turn from Treehaven Road[*] onto Mill Road as it continued north, though dispatchers spent several transmissions sorting out conflicting plate reads before settling on the correct number. No stop was reported on the air before the channel moved to other calls.

Chautauqua & Cattaraugus

Salamanca · East Street

Salamanca Assault Victim With Facial Injuries Refuses EMS, Declines to Press Charges

At 10:22 AM, Salamanca police cleared a traffic stop to respond to a reported assault and possible robbery at the corner of Clinton Street and East Street. Officers said the incident had actually happened at 70 East Street, with the victim directed to wait at the corner while units searched for a suspect identified on the radio only as a man named Daniel, wearing a green sweater. By 10:26 AM, with New York State Police also on scene, officers reported the victim had facial injuries but was “adamantly refusing EMS”, and did not want to press charges — he just wanted his property back. Minutes later, an officer said he had recovered a phone belonging to a man identified as Steven Dirck, apparently the property in question.

West Valley · Fox Valley Road

82-Year-Old West Valley Woman Loses Consciousness in Porch Fall as Ambulance Shortage Delays Response

At 12:34 PM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch toned out a West Valley ALS fall response to 6034 Fox Valley Road, reporting an 82-year-old woman had fallen from a porch and suffered a back injury, a head injury, a laceration to her arm, and a loss of consciousness. Dispatch re-toned the call minutes later after Mercy reported “no rigs available”, sending it back out with a note that no ambulance was confirmed available. By 12:45 PM, crews on scene told a responding deputy the woman was on blood thinners, a detail relayed because of the head laceration.

Frewsburg · West Main Street

Driver Pulled From Vehicle After Solo Rollover Into Ditch Near Frewsburg

At 9:07 AM, Chautauqua County dispatch reported a personal-injury crash on West Main Street near the old rendering plant in Frewsburg, with one vehicle rolled over into a ditch. Dispatch asked to start EMS en route, but the caller reporting the wreck said the occupants were “already pulled out” before crews arrived.

Other Calls of Note

Northtowns
[7:00 AM]Williamsville-Amherst · Travers Drive Amherst police searched the Travers Drive area, including the nearby Wegmans and a 7-Eleven, for an intoxicated man described as a Black male about 5'3" with a large beer belly who had walked off on foot from a report involving a caller who said he'd come in through an open window; units checking the 7-Eleven came up empty before widening the search toward Tops.
[7:46 AM]Williamsville-Amherst · Hartford Avenue Amherst Fire dispatched a medical response to 410 Hartford Avenue, with the responding unit back in service a few minutes later.
[8:48 AM]Amherst · Presbyterian Homes Amherst Fire dispatched an ambulance to Presbyterian Homes for an elderly man reported to be having trouble breathing and bleeding from the ear; no further condition update was broadcast.
[8:53 AM]Amherst · Mount Vernon Road Amherst police responded to reports of attempted vehicle break-ins on Mount Vernon Road, with a juvenile identified on the radio as a possible suspect; no arrest was reported before the call cleared.
[9:14 AM]Amherst · French Road Amherst police were sent to a hit-and-run at French Road and Lynette Drive after witnesses reported a green pickup truck left the scene; officers began searching the area for the vehicle.
[9:23 AM]Amherst · Two Forks Minutes later, Amherst officers reported stopping and detaining a driver near Two Forks after a short pursuit, in what appears from the radio traffic to be the green pickup sought in the French Road hit-and-run reported earlier; no charges were announced on the air.
[9:31 AM]Amherst · Ellicott Creek Road Amherst Fire responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at an apartment on Ellicott Creek Road; crews found the detector reading zero and cleared the scene with no hazard confirmed.
[9:39 AM]Amherst · North Bailey Avenue Amherst police checked on a disoriented man reported sitting on a sidewalk along North Bailey Avenue; officers found him coherent enough to send on his way, and he rode off on a bicycle before the call cleared.
[2:38 PM]Amherst · Transit Road An elderly driver went through a fence and onto the patio at Starbucks, 9650 Transit Road, shortly before 2:40 PM; Amherst Fire reported no one outside the vehicle was hurt, with the driver's own injuries unknown as crews arrived.
[2:36 PM]Amherst · UB Red Jacket Quad UB Campus Police were sent to Red Jacket Quad, Building 2, Room 216, for a welfare check on a resident identified on the radio as Guy, who goes by Junior, after a caller reported suicidal statements; officers were told he had no weapons and a history of mental health treatment but “fears that if he leaves his room he'll be in danger”, and no further update was broadcast before the unit cleared.
[11:50 AM]Amherst · Maple Road Amherst police were sent to check on an elderly woman at 1805 Maple Road, Apartment 321, after dispatch relayed that “she thinks she might have been scammed”; no further detail on the circumstances was broadcast before the unit cleared.
[10:22 AM]Amherst · UB Hadley Village UB Campus Police responded to a technical fire alarm at Hadley Village, Building 102K, second-floor living room; the call was handled as a non-emergency activation, with campus safety officials notified and no fire found.
[7:02 AM]Kenmore · Delaware Avenue Tonawanda Town Fire requested a cold response to an apartment complex at 3015 Delaware Avenue, sending crews to room 110 for a 55-year-old woman described as diabetic and confused with no food in the house; the complaint came from a third party who was off-site and not responding on scene.
[7:12 AM]Tonawanda · Greenfield Drive Tonawanda police dispatched a cold response to 18 Greenfield Drive after a caller reported finding a family member on the bedroom floor; she was reported sitting up and moving, with unknown injuries.
[11:23 AM]Grand Island · Heather Lane Grand Island Fire dispatch sent Twin City's Pre-Medic Unit 237 to 220 Heather Lane, Apartment 2, near Town Hall Terrace, for what was radioed as a medical-alert alarm activation.
[11:51 AM]Grand Island Grand Island fire dispatch canceled a 911 alarm call as good intent, after crews said they could not see anyone through the windows and a neighbor reported the resident had left earlier that morning with his son; units were back in service by 11:52 AM.
Buffalo Metro
[7:00 AM]Buffalo · Roosevelt Avenue Buffalo police were sent to 173 Roosevelt Avenue after callers reported two women fighting, one described on the radio as wearing a white t-shirt, grey pants and no shoes; units cleared the call after issuing two summonses.
[7:15 AM]Buffalo · Domestic Incident Buffalo police responded to a domestic incident just after 7:15 AM in which both parties were described on the radio as highly intoxicated and uncooperative; one man was taken to ECMC for a minor forehead laceration, while officers arranged to move a woman from the scene to a residence on Williams Street.
[7:40 AM]Buffalo · Forest Avenue Buffalo police sent a unit to the Forest Avenue[*] [heard: Forest Manoa] area after a dispatcher relayed a report of a Hispanic male in a pink sweatsuit “trying to break into vehicles in the area”; the officer radioed that he was pulling up on scene, but no arrest was confirmed over the air.
[11:00 AM]Buffalo · Genesee Street Buffalo police relayed a knife call at a store on Genesee Street just after 11 AM, with dispatch describing the suspect as “male in the store with a knife, black male, black shirt, red sweats, white shoes”; no arrest was confirmed on the air before the channel moved to other traffic.
[11:09 AM]Buffalo · Bains Street Buffalo Fire sent Engine 19 and Ladder 13 to 411 Bains Street between Byrd and Forest for a still-alarm residential fire-alarm activation triggered by an upstairs smoke detector; crews on scene found the cause was meat left on the stove, needed no ventilation, and Engine 19 handled the call alone.
[11:17 AM]Buffalo · Peter Street Buffalo police sent Delta cars to a violent domestic at 111 Peter Street after a report that neighbors could hear “a female screaming for help”; when no unit answered up right away, dispatch pulled cars off other calls to get officers to the scene, with additional units assigned to cover the surrounding area.
[12:26 PM]Buffalo · Eden Street Buffalo police were sent to 336 Eden Street for a welfare check after an off-premises caller reported her friend was making suicidal threats, saying he intended to take something stronger than fentanyl and was “in the middle of a psychotic break”.
[12:34 PM]Buffalo Buffalo police assigned an additional car to a report that a 14-year-old boy was being made to use cocaine at a location relayed by an off-premises caller who said she'd heard it from the boy's brother's friend, reporting that “they're making him do cocaine”; the address given over the air was not clear enough to confirm.
[2:36 PM]Buffalo · Spaulding Avenue Buffalo police were sent to 122 Spaulding Avenue shortly after 2:36 PM after a 26-year-old woman called a friend to say she had taken pills in an attempt to “kill herself”; the friend alerted a second friend, who called 911, and officers were dispatched to check on her welfare.
[2:40 PM]Buffalo · Delaware & Kenmore Near Delaware Avenue and Kenmore Avenue, a Buffalo officer radioed a report of a bear-mace attack involving a white Jeep Wrangler carrying a black male driver in a white shirt and hat, with “them females gonna be in the rear seat with the bear spray”; no injuries or arrest were reported on the air before the channel moved on.
[2:03 PM]Buffalo A Buffalo officer was sent to check on a woman walking in the area, described on the radio as possibly under the influence while swinging a baby carrier with an infant inside; the exact location was not clearly stated on the air, and no further details followed.
[7:14 AM]Lancaster · Thruway Lancaster fire companies cleared the New York State Thruway shortly after 7 AM after State Police took custody of one patient from a crash; dispatch reported the scene “cleaned up and reopened”, with Bowman and Bonesville units clear by 7:17 AM.
[7:33 AM]Cheektowaga · Luann Drive Cheektowaga fire dispatch sent High View and multiple engine companies to 186 Luann Drive, between Lydia Lane and Crandon Boulevard, for a 78-year-old man found unresponsive and dispatched as a possible cardiac arrest; a unit was on location within about three minutes and a medic was assigned, with no further outcome given on the air.
[7:47 AM]Cheektowaga · Mormon Drive Minutes later, Cheektowaga fire dispatch sent a five-unit response — engine, medic and utility companies — to 65 Mormon Drive, between Stanislaus Avenue and Bay Lane, for a 57-year-old man reported with cardiac issues; units were on the ground within minutes of the call going out.
[11:05 AM]Depew · Amtrak Station Depew police were sent to the Amtrak station at 55 Dick Road after an employee reported a woman had been removed from a train for having an aggressive dog that had growled and lunged at people; she was located on the grass near the platform, still with the dog, and initially refused to leave.
[11:08 AM]Lancaster · Transit Road Lancaster Fire responded to 4845 Transit Road, Park Lane Apartments, Apartment 413, for a reported gas smell; after further questioning the caller acknowledged she had left a gas burner on, and crews cleared the call advising ventilation of the unit.
Southtowns
[11:00 AM]Hamburg · Regency Court Apartments At 11:00 AM, Hamburg police dispatch rerouted a patrol unit to 3772 Teachers Lane, the Regency Court Apartments, apartment 9, after a caller reported his girlfriend was “groped in the laundry room in the last 10 minutes by another tenant”.
[11:32 AM]Boston · Boston State Road At 11:32 AM, Hamburg Fire dispatch sent the Boston Emergency Squad and North Boston's engine company to a two-car crash on Boston State Road in the Zimmerman area of the town of Boston, with three occupants requesting evaluation on scene; North Boston 9 was marked responding a minute later.
[2:32 PM]Hamburg · Euclid Avenue At 2:32 PM, Hamburg police were sent to 10 Euclid Avenue near Sheridan and Nature Labs for a report of a man loitering and acting strange, described on the radio as a white male with a man bun wearing a white tank top and gray shorts, last seen near a bright green vehicle; no further details were broadcast before the channel moved on.
Chautauqua & Cattaraugus
[7:15 AM]Cattaraugus County · Sunfish Run Road At 7:16 AM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch toned out an ALS call for a 76-year-old with difficulty breathing at 9980 Sunfish Run Road; ambulance 395 was dispatched, and dispatch followed up two minutes later to confirm the crew was en route.
[8:17 AM]Cattaraugus County · Route 62 Cattaraugus County sheriff's deputies spent several minutes tracking a gray Toyota Corolla reported swerving all over Route 62 south of Route 322, with one caller reporting the car had moved onto a sidewalk before it continued south past Cherry Creek Hill Road and Eldridge; no stop was reported on the air before the channel moved to other traffic.
[10:02 AM]Celeron · Memory Gardens Chautauqua County fire dispatch sent County Medics 70 and Ambulance 74 on a priority response to Memory Gardens in Celeron for a 71-year-old woman who fell and reported knee, back and head pain.
[10:03 AM]Falconer · East Main Street Falconer fire crews were dispatched to a reported car fire at 36 East Main Street; no injuries or spread were broadcast before crews had it out.
[10:11 AM]East Randolph · Randolph Country Estates Randolph EMS was sent on an ALS stroke call to Randolph Country Estates, 270 Main Street in East Randolph, for a 75-year-old woman with facial droop and weakness and a history of strokes; units requested an air ambulance standby en route and confirmed the location as apartment 205 once on scene.
[10:28 AM]Dunkirk · Central Avenue Dunkirk Fire crews responded to a reported chest-pain call at a convenience store on Central Avenue; no further details were broadcast on the air.
[10:42 AM]Chautauqua County · Mitchell Road Chautauqua Fire dispatch sent crews to a Mitchell Road home for an 88-year-old man who had fallen; no further details were broadcast.
[12:51 PM]Olean · North 6th Street Just after 12:51 PM, Olean police were dispatched to 516 North 6th Street for a domestic dispute after a neighbor reported the two involved had moved outside and were “getting physical”; no arrest or injury was reported on the air.
[2:08 PM]Salamanca · River Street At 2:08 PM, Salamanca Fire dispatch sent an ALS ambulance to 168 River Street for a 28-year-old woman, 38 weeks pregnant, reported “possibly going into labor” with contractions 10 minutes apart; a second unit radioed it would head that way to assist until told otherwise.
[2:14 PM]Jamestown · Newland Avenue At 2:14 PM, Jamestown police responded to a personal-injury crash first called in at Newland and Barrett, then corrected on the air to Newland Avenue and Broadhead Avenue, where both vehicles remained in the roadway. Dispatch reported no injuries but noted “a baby was in the vehicle”, prompting a medical response anyway, and one vehicle needed a tow.
Elsewhere in WNY
[7:06 AM]I-90 Westbound · Erratic Operator Thruway dispatch relayed a second report of a gray four-door Toyota sedan unable to maintain its lane and crossing into other lanes of traffic on westbound I-90 near mile marker 360.2; a follow-up call added that the driver had also sped through a highway work zone and nearly forced another vehicle off the road, but no stop was confirmed on the air.
[12:43 PM]I-90 Eastbound · Exit 47 A trooper flagged an empty tractor-trailer car hauler, running for a company identified as Global, unable to maintain its lane at a high rate of speed while passing exit 47 eastbound on I-90, nearly going off the road into a ditch before the New York-registered rig was stopped.
[2:05 PM]I-90 Westbound · Disabled School Bus A school bus carrying 15 to 20 students broke down with a mechanical issue on westbound I-90 near mile marker 384.4; Thruway dispatch advised a replacement bus was en route with an estimated arrival within the hour.
[11:42 AM]I-90 Westbound · Camp Road Thruway dispatch fielded a debris call for what was believed to be a convertible top sitting in the right travel lane of westbound I-90 near Camp Road, mile marker 436.6; no follow-up on removal was broadcast.

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Editor’s Note

A steady, high-volume Friday across Western New York ran routine EMS runs and fender-benders against a handful of harder threads: a heartbreaking Gowanda medical call where a child dialed 911 to find a mother unresponsive in the bathtub, an early-morning Amherst manhunt that put K-9 units and a drone into the woods off North French, a working house fire on Grand Island, and a Buffalo drive-by that raked an occupied porch on Sumner Street. Buffalo carried the day's traffic by a wide margin, but the outer counties and Southtowns produced their own steady share of falls, seizures, and small-town scuffles.

Daily Gem

There is no fire. They're just cooking chickens”

— Depew Fire, 8:52 AM

By the Numbers

Segments
9,606
Active systems
30
Busiest hour
11:00 AM–12:00 PM (Buffalo structure fire, medical surge)
Regional Breaking
0
Updates
0
By Agency (top 5)
BucketSegs
Fire / EMS4600
Police3900
Airport / aviation480
Rail / maritime340
Other286
By Area (top 5)
BucketSegs
Buffalo3100
Outer counties1900
Cheektowaga / Lancaster / Depew1400
Other Erie County1350
Williamsville & Amherst1200

By-agency and by-area counts are proportional estimates from channel-family activity; conventional trunks are mapped by their home region.

[*] = a name the scanner audio left uncertain and could not be confirmed against an official source; treat as unverified. Routine street-name fixes against official municipal lists are applied silently.
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