Buffalo · Lombard / South Market · Working Fire

Buffalo Crews Go Defensive at a Lombard Street Fire as the Roof Falls In and the Water Runs Short

With everyone accounted for and out of the structure, command chased hydrant after hydrant across Broadway while an aerial stood waiting on water.

Shortly after 12:30 PM, Buffalo Fire turned a working fire at Lombard and South Market into a defensive attack. With the first floor searched and cleared, command ordered the building emptied: “everybody's out of the first floor”, a unit reported, before command confirmed “all members accounted for” and told dispatch they were going defensive and flowing water.

The sticking point was water. Dispatch warned command they were “15 minutes in, and the closest white top we got at Fillmore and Sinkevich”, and crews ranged out across Broadway looking for a workable hydrant, Engine 32 reporting the only one it could reach was between Kent and Broadway. As the operation stretched on, the roof collapsed and an emergency demolition was ordered, with roughly $150,000 in building damage and two exposures threatened.

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Town of Tonawanda · Parkhurst Boulevard · Stove Fire

A Stove Fire Fills a Parkhurst Boulevard House With Smoke as the Caller Refuses to Leave

Children were evacuated and the fire stayed in the stove, but the woman who reported it would not come out as Kenmore companies rolled in.

At 1:21 PM, Kenmore fire companies were toned out to 259 Parkhurst Boulevard, between Chelsea and Berkeley, for a “report of a stove fire. The house is filled with smoke”. Dispatch flagged a complication: “the female caller is refusing to evacuate”.

An update came in that the fire was “currently inside of the stove”, keeping the response from escalating. Within minutes command held the assignment down to Engine 2 on a cold response for ventilation, released the remaining units, and declined patrol — the smoke cleared without the call turning into anything worse.

Hamburg · Boston State Road · Structure Fire

Fire Engulfs a Patio-Home Unit at Hamburg's Brookfield Complex; Elderly Resident Falls but Is Unhurt

A full crew was called for the ambulance as Boston's emergency squad rolled on the morning fire.

At 8:24 AM, Hamburg Fire toned the Boston Emergency Squad to 7840 Boston State Road, the Brookfield Patio Homes, where dispatch reported “Unit 44G is engulfed”. A 73-year-old woman had “fell, not injured”, and the squad was told a “full crew is needed” for the ambulance.

The call ran as a cold response, and Hamburg's town units marked back in service for the day shortly after the page cleared.

Cheektowaga · Garden Village Drive · Wanted Man on Foot

Cheektowaga Officers Track a Wanted Man on Foot From Garden Village Drive Toward French Road

Dispatch pushed out a name and description as units moved in, and the subject was soon located.

At about 9:28 AM, a Cheektowaga unit radioed in the particulars on a wanted man near Garden Village Drive: dispatch relayed the subject's name as “Dequan Seltzer”, “a black male wearing all black”, and heading toward French Road on foot from the 140 address.

Units 45 and 19 moved into the area to work the search, and the digest shows the man was located a short time later at a nearby 7-Eleven, with an officer reporting he had the subject in hand.

Erie County · State Route 5 · Missing Person

An Overnight Search for a Missing Man Named Kenneth Narrows Toward a Red Prius and a Ski Mask

State Police on the Thruway updated an overnight BOLO, then flagged a westbound red Prius whose masked driver might match.

At 8:20 AM, a Thruway trooper pushed out an update on a missing-person case called in the night before: “that missing person called in last night for Kenneth. He's believed to be traveling on State Route 5”.

About half an hour later, the search tightened when a red Prius was spotted westbound near mile marker 395 — its driver reported wearing a ski mask and flagged as a possible match to the BOLO.

Wyoming County · Dunbar Road · Inmate Assault

An Inmate Assaulted at Wyoming Correctional Facility Is Transported to the Hospital

A medic was requested to the Dunbar Road prison for a 38-year-old man hurt in an assault.

At 11:22 AM, Wyoming County Fire dispatched “Medic 82 requested to Wyoming Correctional Facility 3203 Dunbar Road”, where a “38 year old male inmate had injury from an assault”.

Medic 82 marked en route to Warsaw a couple of minutes later, carrying the patient out of the facility for treatment.

Buffalo · Broadway / Fillmore · Fireground

At a Collapsing Buffalo Fire, Crews Rate Hydrants by the Color of Their Caps

Blue top, white top, red top — the whole desperate water hunt came down to one reassuring verdict.

Hydrant caps come color-coded for how much water the main behind them can deliver, and on the Lombard fireground that code became a running conversation. A crew at Broadway and Fillmore laid out their dilemma: “We got a blue top that we can get to, and then a white top down the street that we're not gonna get to”.

Command's reply, under a collapsing roof and a strained supply, carried its own strange calm: “Top's fine, blue top's fine”. In a job measured by gallons per minute, sometimes the best you can say is that the blue top is fine.

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Buffalo · Fire Dispatch

Water Can, Meet Incense: Buffalo Fire Knocks Down a Familiar Culprit Again

Same apartment, same smoke, same answer — this time it got a unit number.

A ringing alarm on Dodge Street sent a company out, and the fix was the usual one: “That was illegal burning. We extinguish it with a water can”.

A beat later came the weary confirmation that everybody on the channel already saw coming — “that was the same issue as before, no hazard”, this time pinned to apartment 202. Some addresses just keep burning the same stick.

Hamburg · Blake Street · Brush Fire

A Hamburg Officer's Fire Report: Nice Backyard Blaze, Sir, Now Tone It Down

No ticket, no engine, just a friendly word with a man and his brush pile.

A report of a possible fire near 44 Blake Street turned out to be exactly what the neighbors feared and nothing they needed to fear. “I just spoke to the homeowner. He was burning up some brush and it's contained at the moment”, an officer radioed.

The diplomatic coda — “but I did tell him to tone it down” — is the sound of small-town enforcement working precisely as intended.

Salamanca · PD

A Salamanca Officer Files the Shortest Review on the Air: 'That Was Worth It'

Three words close out a run near the Seneca headquarters, meaning entirely to themselves.

Dispatched down toward McDonald's and the Seneca headquarters parking lot to speak with a woman about her daughter, a Salamanca unit wrapped up and keyed the mic for a verdict the rest of us will never fully decode: “That was worth it”.

Whether it was the coffee, the conversation, or the drive, the officer wasn't saying. The channel moved on.

Amherst · Eggertsville · Domestic

Man Punches Woman Near Kenmore and Windermere, Flees as Dispatchers Debate Bike or Bus

At 8:21 AM, Amherst Police responded to a physical domestic reported near Kenmore Avenue[*] and Windermere, where dispatchers said a man punched a woman before fleeing the scene; the woman was requesting medical attention. Dispatchers debated whether the man had left on a bicycle or boarded an NFTA bus.

Dispatch noted the incident had actually occurred in Buffalo and said that department needed to be notified, while an ambulance was sent to treat the woman at the scene. The call cleared by 8:32 AM.

Tonawanda · Disturbance

Tonawanda Police Swarm Chaotic Scene as Yelling Crowd Scatters

At 9:40 AM, Tonawanda Police sent Patrols 1, 6 and 51 to a developing disturbance after a dispatcher radioed that “a lot of people involved here”.

Dispatch went on to describe “a lot of yelling, nobody's really telling us what's going on yet” even as the crowd began to disperse and additional units closed in to sort out what had happened.

Buffalo · Pooley Street · Gun Call

Gun Call on Pooley Street Sends Extra Units as Couple Fights, Armed Man Flees

At 11:02 AM, Buffalo Police rushed additional units to a gun call at 115 Pooley Street after dispatchers relayed that a man and woman were physically fighting and that the man had a gun. Responding officers were given a description of a Black man in a white shirt and black pants, reported to be carrying what dispatch called “a black short gun”.

Units were told to stand by near Pooley and Avery as the search continued; it was not clear from the radio traffic whether the man was located.

Lackawanna · St. Anthony Street · Order of Protection

Man Barred by Order of Protection Pounds on St. Anthony Street Door, No Arrest Announced

At 1:32 PM, Lackawanna Police responded to 4 St. Anthony Street after a caller identified on the radio as Dajon reported that a man named Nicholas was trying to force his way into a residence, pounding on the door; the woman inside has an active order of protection against him.

By 1:47 PM, dispatch reported that assistance had been rendered, the woman had been advised, and one male had been transferred from the scene, with no arrest announced on the air.

Cheektowaga · Waddell Avenue · Domestic

Aggressive Husband's Whereabouts Unclear at Waddell Avenue Home Flagged for Hidden Shotgun

At 12:25 PM, Cheektowaga Police were dispatched to 100 Waddell Avenue, upper, after a woman reported her husband had become aggressive while they were on the phone; dispatchers could not say whether he was still at the home.

Before units arrived, the dispatcher passed along two on-file warnings for the address: that the woman has a history of schizophrenia and may not be taking medication, and a 2023 note that a shotgun is kept in the house, known to the husband but not to her.

By 12:30 PM, dispatch indicated a unit was “with him”, suggesting officers may have located the husband, though no further detail was given on the air.

Hamburg · Clark Street · Gun Threat

Woman Says She Was Threatened With a Gun Picking Up Property on South Park

At 2:38 PM, Hamburg Police dispatch fielded a call from a woman back at her address on Clark Street, who said that about a half hour earlier she had gone to a South Park Avenue address to pick up her personal property when the resident there became irate, “accusing her of attempting to break in and threatening to shoot her”.

Hamburg · Missing Person

Vehicle Matching Missing Elderly Man's Description Spotted at Hamburg Thruway Motel

At 8:52 AM, Hamburg Police dispatch relayed a State Police missing-person alert for an elderly man last seen at the Pembroke exit of the Thruway the night before, after a guest at the Red Roof Inn reported a matching vehicle parked there.

Dispatch described the vehicle as a red 2017 Toyota Prius bearing New York plate Charlie Henry Yankee 3902.

Wyoming County · Gainesville · Cardiac Arrest

CPR Underway as Crews Race to Cardiac Arrest on Batten Road in Gainesville

At 2:11 PM, Wyoming County Sheriff's and fire dispatch sent units to Batten Road in Gainesville for a report of a cardiac arrest, with CPR already underway on scene as crews responded.

Cattaraugus County · Randolph · Missing Juvenile

Search Launched for 14-Year-Old Who Left Randolph Children's Home

At 10:20 AM, Cattaraugus County Sheriff's dispatch sent a patrol unit to Randolph Children's Home after staff reported that a 14-year-old girl, described as Black and wearing blue leggings and a blue hoodie, had left the facility.

A second unit was assigned to attach to the call minutes later to help with the search.