Amherst · Domestic

Both Halves of an Amherst Domestic Claim the Other Had Kitchen Knives, as a 6- and 8-Year-Old Stay on the Phone From Their Rooms

An Amherst domestic call turned murky fast — a man and a woman each accusing the other, each said to have held kitchen knives at some point, an allegation of heroin use, and two young children upstairs who stayed on the line while officers sorted it out.

At about 12:47 PM, Amherst police dispatched a physical domestic, with the male half calling to say that he had been assaulted and slapped by the female half. Within moments the account began shifting in the way these calls often do.

The male half then told officers the female had earlier had kitchen knives in her possession but no longer did. Dispatch relayed that “There's a six and eight year old that are up in their rooms. They're separated, but they're still verbal on the phone” — the children separated from the adults but still talking to call-takers on the phone. A few minutes later, dispatch said both parties were now claiming they had each held knives at one point, that neither still had them, and that the female was alleging the male was on heroin.

Officers reported they were speaking to both parties separately on scene. The scanner traffic did not establish any arrest or final disposition before the thread closed.

Machias · Route 242 · School Bus Crash

A Bucket Truck Strikes a School Bus on Route 242 Near Machias, and Eighteen Children Are Checked Over at the Scene

A bucket truck hit a school bus on Route 242 in Machias, prompting an ambulance and a precautionary evaluation of all eighteen children aboard — none reported hurt, but dispatch asked for a full roster of names.

At about 2:07 PM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatch toned out a BLS motor-vehicle accident at 4457 Route 242 in Machias, where a bucket truck had struck a school bus. An ambulance was requested, with dispatch noting the response would need to evaluate eighteen children aboard the bus.

Dispatch was careful to frame the severity, telling units that “these kids are not hurt. They need evaluations for the school” — the checks were a precaution for the school, not for reported injuries. As crews gathered on scene, a deputy offered to “take a roster of the student names that are on that bus” so that information could be collected later if needed.

Cheektowaga · Kauffman Road · Domestic Assault

A Cheektowaga Assault Report Comes in Through CPS, and the Caller Goes Quiet the Moment a Gun Comes Up

A Child Protective Services relay sent Cheektowaga officers to a Kauffman Road home where a woman said she was being assaulted by her boyfriend — then stopped answering when asked about the gun she had mentioned.

At about 12:06 PM, Cheektowaga dispatch relayed a call that had come in by way of CPS: a female on Kauffman Road said she was being assaulted by her boyfriend. According to dispatch, “The female did say there was a gun and stopped answering questions when CPS asked more information about that gun”.

Officers tried calling the number back. One unit reported that she answered and then “hung up on me when I started to ask her questions”. When officers arrived, the female was in a car on the driveway and said the male was still inside the house and she simply wanted him to leave; she would not give his name on scene.

Running the address, dispatch noted a prior assault at the location on September 22nd and a name in the history there. The scanner traffic did not establish whether the gun was located or an arrest made before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Harriet Street · Parole Absconder

A Parole Absconder Wedges Himself Into a Crawl Space on Harriet Street and Won't Come Out, so Police Call for a K9

Buffalo officers and parole agents converged on a Harriet Street address where a wanted man had hidden himself in a crawl space and refused to surrender, prompting requests for a K9 unit and additional help.

At about 12:27 PM, a parole unit on Buffalo's East Side asked radio whether a K9 was available, then explained why: at 37 Harriet, officers had a “Parole Obsconder James Williams hiding in a crawl space, refusing to come out”.

Dispatch confirmed a K9 was on the air, and units asked for additional resources to the upper part of the address. The traffic reflected a slow, deliberate operation to coax the man out rather than a rush. The scanner traffic did not establish whether the subject was taken into custody before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Bailey Avenue · Knife Call

A Shirtless Man With a Knife Barricades Himself in a Bailey Avenue Rooming-House Room Behind a Bed Jammed Against the Door

Buffalo officers rolled multiple cars to a rooming house above a Bailey Avenue barbershop after a report of a man with a knife — a man said to have no shirt and no shoes, holed up in his room with the bed shoved against the door.

At about 8:39 AM, a Buffalo officer reported a knife call outside the No Cap Barbershop at 3076 Bailey, with the entrance on the side of the building — a male outside an apartment with a knife. The man was described as shirtless, in dark-colored pants, and wearing no shoes.

The officer clarified that the location was a rooming house and that the man was now inside his room with the bed pushed against the door. Several E District cars moved toward the scene, and a supervisor told incoming units to slow down once there was no active threat. Officers reached the 911 caller, who said everything had been situated.

The caller had even supplied a door code to get in, and dispatch ultimately cleared the priority-two knife call with nothing further to report.

Cheektowaga · Broadway / Kennedy · Reckless Driver

A Reckless Silver BMW Is Reported Near Broadway and Kennedy — With a Bow and Arrow in the Car

Cheektowaga police took a reckless-operator complaint about a silver-gray BMW sedan in the Broadway and Kennedy area, with the caller reporting the occupant had a bow and arrow inside the vehicle.

At about 1:52 PM, Cheektowaga dispatch put out a reckless-operator complaint in the Broadway and Kennedy area — a silver or gray BMW sedan being driven erratically. The detail that set the call apart was the report that the occupant had a bow and arrow in the vehicle.

The scanner traffic did not establish whether officers located the BMW before the thread closed.

Orchard Park · Orchard Park Road · Vehicle Into Building

A Vehicle Drives Into the CVS on Orchard Park Road, Airbags Deploy, and One Occupant Is Hurt

A car ended up inside the CVS at 3098 Orchard Park Road, deploying its airbags and leaving one occupant with a laceration; crews requested a building inspection after the crash.

At about 1:40 PM, Orchard Park fire dispatch sent crews to 3098 Orchard Park Road at the CVS for a vehicle into the building, with dispatch noting airbag deployment and no injuries confirmed at the moment of dispatch.

The call came in while the same crews were already stretched — moments earlier they had been toning out for additional manpower to extricate a patient from a house on Stony Brook Drive, and a medic was pulled toward both calls. As the CVS scene settled, one occupant was reported with a laceration, and a building inspection was requested to check the structure.

Newstead · Clarence Center Road · Pedestrian Struck

Pedestrian Struck on Clarence Center Road, Twin City Crew Awaits Parent

Just after 11:33 AM, Newstead EMS was dispatched for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle at 11925 Clarence Center Road, near Barnum Road.

A Twin City Ambulance crew took the patient into care while awaiting the arrival of a parent, suggesting the person struck was a minor; no further injury details came over the air.

Buffalo · Grover Cleveland High School · Pepper Spray

About 50 Exposed to Pepper Spray at Grover Cleveland High School

At 1:06 PM, Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 2, Ladder 4 and Battalion 44 to 110 14th Street, between Jersey and York, after a report that roughly 50 people had been exposed to pepper spray inside Grover Cleveland High School; dispatch noted police had not yet been notified of the call and said fire would make the notification.

Companies found the exposed students and staff massed in the school's auditorium and called for additional equipment — Engine 33 with the department's mass-casualty-incident rig, plus two extra engine companies — as the response grew; command later confirmed police had taken over the underlying incident while fire crews handled triage in the auditorium.

Buffalo · Lawrence & Massachusetts · Domestic Threat

Woman Says Husband's Girlfriend Held Knife to Her Neck, Followed Her to Park

Just after 1:10 PM, Buffalo police dispatch sent a unit to the area of Lawrence Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue after a woman reported that her husband's girlfriend had come into her house, put a knife to her neck, and then followed her to a nearby park — she said the confrontation had happened about 15 minutes earlier.

Minutes later, dispatch asked a second unit to follow up at 756 St. Lawrence in connection with the case.

Lackawanna · South Park Avenue · Possible DOA

Lackawanna Fire, Police Investigate Possible DOA at South Park Avenue Apartment

At 10:34 AM, Lackawanna Fire Dispatch sent Engine 3 to assist Lackawanna police at 3104 South Park Avenue, Apartment 1, for a possible DOA, and AMR was dispatched to the address as well.

Engine 3 reported on location with LPD two minutes later; no further radio traffic indicated the circumstances of the death.

Cheektowaga · Dick Road · Mental Health Call

Man Threatens to Jump in Front of Traffic Outside Dick Road Bank of America

At 12:50 PM, Cheektowaga police were sent to the Bank of America at 600 Dick Road for a possible mental-health call after a report that a man inside the bank said he wanted to jump in front of cars; dispatch relayed that he was sitting on the ground outside and that no weapons were involved.

A patrol unit that had just returned to town radioed to cover the call moments later.

Hamburg · Hillcrop Drive · Possible Structure Fire

Full Assignment Called for Possible Structure Fire on Hillcrop Drive

At 9:24 AM, Hamburg Fire Dispatch patched out a full assignment — Colden engines, a Boston engine, the Yorkshire Park fast team and the Boston Emergency Squad — to 6599 Hillcrop Drive, between Boston State Road and Colonial Drive, after residents reported smoke from the house.

Within minutes dispatch released all units back to quarters except a single engine, a sign the call did not develop into a working fire; no further details were given on the air.

Eden · Sand Rock Road · Fire Alarm, General Alarm

General-Alarm Response Sent to Turning Point House on Sand Rock Road

Just after 1:18 PM, Hamburg Fire Dispatch sent a full Eden assignment on a General Alarm fire activation at The Turning Point House, 9136 Sand Rock Road.

A crew on scene reported one person transported to Mercy, and dispatch canceled the remaining assignment within about five minutes of the initial page.

Orchard Park · Stony Brook Drive · EMS Extrication

Orchard Park Crews Call for Extra Hands to Extricate Woman Fading In and Out of Consciousness

At 1:24 PM, Orchard Park Fire Control dispatched an ambulance to 27 Stony Brook Drive for a 30-year-old woman reported in and out of consciousness.

About a dozen minutes later, crews on scene asked dispatch to tone out additional manpower, saying they needed help extricating the patient from the house; Medic 20 and Fire Police 1025 were added to the response before the call closed out at 1:37 PM.

Hamburg · Elliott Woods Apartments · Welfare Check

Hamburg Police Check on Elliott Woods Resident Missing Since Friday

At 12:21 PM, a Hamburg officer requested a welfare check at the Elliott Woods Apartments, 3056 Everett Road, Apartment 207, for a resident who had not answered her door and had not been heard from since Friday; dispatch noted her car was still parked at the complex.

Minutes later, units reported they were with Mobile Life ambulance and relayed a client identification number, suggesting the welfare check had turned into a medical response.

Chautauqua County · Bailey Hill Road · Working Fire

Working Structure Fire on Bailey Hill Road Draws Multi-Town Mutual Aid

Just before 10 AM, Chautauqua County fire dispatch toned out a working structure fire on Bailey Hill Road, pulling mutual-aid tanker companies from several surrounding fire departments to the scene; the call remained active on the county fire channel through at least 10:01 AM.

Chautauqua County · Bentley Road · Trench Machine Rollover

Trenching Machine Rolls Over, Traps Operator on Bentley Road

At 2:06 PM, Chautauqua County fire dispatch sent an ambulance crew to 5512 Bentley Road, near Hannum Road and Bloomer Road, for a trenching machine — radioed over the air as a "ditch switch" rollover — that had tipped over with its operator trapped underneath. No further word on the operator's condition came over the channel.

Buffalo · Golisano Children's · Infant Transport

9-Day-Old With High Fever Rushed to Golisano Children's

Just after 1:21 PM, a critical-care transport crew identified over Erie County's countywide EMS channel as STAT-12 reported it was ten minutes out from a rendezvous in Bradford, Pennsylvania, en route to Golisano Children's Hospital with a 9-day-old infant running a 102.5-degree rectal fever. The full-term baby's vitals included a heart rate of 180, oxygen saturation of 94% on a liter of nasal cannula, blood pressure 102 over 60, a respiratory rate of 29 and a blood sugar of 74; the crew radioed “a 10 minute ETA to Children's Rooftop”.