Clarence/Newstead · Ride for Roswell Park

Two Medicals on the Ride for Roswell Park Route — a Crossing Guard Passes Out, a Cyclist Goes Down

Charity ride's first hours bring an 82-year-old volunteer and a rider with a head injury into EMS hands

The day's Ride for Roswell Park course was barely in motion at 9:12 a.m. when News 7 EMS called the area of Rapids Road and Crego Road for “a male crossing guard for Ride for Roswell Park”.

Dispatch added he was “approximately an 82-year-old male… passing out”; Twin City 227 from April was already in transit and Mr. Knight rolled in to assist.

A second call came in at 10:09 a.m.: a rider on the Roswell Park course was down with a head injury and back pain. Amherst Fire dispatch handled it as an EMS run; no escalations to ALS were noted on the air.

Williamsville · Post Road

Echo-Priority Medical at 73 Post Road for a 76-Year-Old

Amherst Fire on the call between Wehrle Drive and South Cayuga Road

Amherst Fire dispatcher Valeria toned out an echo-priority medical at 73 Post Road, between Wehrle Drive and South Cayuga Road, at 8:47 a.m. The patient was a 76-year-old male; Echo is the top-of-acuity EMS designator. The call was repeated four minutes later — common when units are still working out staging — and a Twin City rig was placed in service shortly after.

Williamsville · Millard Fillmore Suburban

Combative Patient in ER Room 17 Has Security Pinning Her Down

Amherst PD dispatched to Millard Fillmore Suburban (1540 Maple) with universal-precautions warning

At 10:00 a.m. an Amherst PD unit relayed an EP (emotionally disturbed person) call at Millard Fillmore Suburban, 1540 Maple, ER room 17. The dispatcher noted that “a female subject brought in yesterday at BIOS… has become combative”, with “security currently holding her down — copy the warning on chat for universal precautions”.

Eggertsville · Eggert Road

Upstairs-Downstairs Dispute at 1690 Eggert Road, with a Language Barrier

Two-apartment disturbance between Addison and Arcade; party retrieves property by the side door

Amherst PD officers spent the late morning sorting out a disturbance call at 1690 Eggert Road, an Eggertsville address between Addison Avenue and Arcade Avenue. The first transmission described “two neighbors in Arcade, still trying to get info, language barrier”; a follow-up clarified the actual incident was in the upper apartment, with two people inside.

Officers ended up escorting one party to the main office to retrieve property, with a sergeant noting on the air to “use a side door”. Multiple units cleared without arrests recorded on the air.

Williamsville · Toyota dealership

Kitten in the Engine Block: Toyota Crew Pops the Hood, Amherst PD Calls the SPCA

Employees at the Villageport dealership hear meowing under the hood of a plate-less Kia; one kitten gets a ride to the shelter

Just before lunch, Amherst PD got a call from the Toyota dealership on Villageport: “a black Kia with no plates, one of the kittens [is in] the engine compartment of that vehicle”, and the employees were standing around it trying to figure out the rescue logistics.

By 12:06 p.m. the radio had its happy ending — “55 transporting one kitten to the SPCA”. No word on the kitten's siblings (if any), the car's owner, or how it ended up there in the first place. WNYLP awards today's Best Use of a Police Scanner to whichever Toyota tech first peered under the hood.

Amherst · foot pursuit

Orange Dress vs. White Shirt: A Foot Chase, Reported in Twelve Words

A red-roofed location and two parties moving fast — the rest is left to the imagination

At 9:39 a.m. Amherst PD broadcast what may be the most cinematic single transmission of the morning: “Flint, red roof — black male, white shirt, dreads, chasing a white female in an orange dress”. No follow-up made it to the air, which means either dispatch handled the rest on the phone — or the cast scattered. Either way, full marks for the wardrobe department.

Amherst · Boulevard Mall

Stroller-Assisted Shoplifting Crew Hits a Store on the Boulevard

One out the door, at least one more inside — and a baby stroller doing the heavy lifting

An Amherst PD officer reported a shoplift-in-progress at “1260 on the Boulevard”, describing the play-by-play as it happened: “Female had a baby stroller loaded up in the car and there's at least one more in the store”. The Boulevard corridor — anchored by what was once the Boulevard Mall — has been a steady source of retail-theft calls all month; today's crew brought a logistics solution along.

BNIA · TPS shuttle yard

Mike Has Rules, and Mike Will Enforce Them

An off-script morning on the airport shuttle channel: gates, tickets, JP shifts, and the moon

The TPS BNIA Shuttle trunk was its usual self today — long stretches of nothing, then someone forgetting the channel is hot. One driver explained the gate-and-ticket workflow (“when we print out a ticket, we have to open the gate, so I'm hoping we at least printed her a ticket out”). Another pondered the moon (“I don't think it was exactly a full moon, but it was really close”). And then there was the policy reminder: “Mike doesn't want anybody leaving the bus by itself”.

Buffalo · BuffaloLimo dispatch

Natalie Has a Plan, and BuffaloLimo Is Going to Hold On a Second

Dispatcher David navigates a check-in with the elderly female and her complainant brother

Two transmissions in the day's BuffaloLimo log are doing more than they look. At 10:28: “hold off on that, because now he's telling me that her name is Natalie, and she has a plan”. Two hours later, dispatcher David checks in on the same ride: “Hi Bridget, this is David — you're checking in with the elderly female there. Her brother is the complainant”. Whatever Natalie's plan is, it appears to be working.

Lockport · Upside-Down Bridge

Smoke Reported Below Lockport's Upside-Down Bridge

Niagara County Fire Control toned out a fire call at Market and Union in Lockport at 9:30 a.m., with the caller observing “a large amount of smoke emanating from the area below the upside-down bridge”. Lockport City Fire was assigned the response; the incident moved to LSD-TAC-1. No additional escalation made it to the air during the brief's window — likely a brush or debris fire under the historic lift bridge at the Erie Canal.

Hamburg · South Park at Fairview

Vehicle Possibly Into a House at South Park and Fairview, Five Callers, EMTs Already on Scene

Town of Hamburg fire dispatch toned out an injury accident at South Park at Fairview just after 12:42 p.m., describing one vehicle “possibly into a house”. A follow-up amended the picture: “about five calls on this — there might be as many as three vehicles, possibly a building involved, although that's not clear, and some EMT is on scene reporting”. The fact that bystanders with EMS training were already there suggests this was a busy corner at the wrong moment.

Niagara County · Upper Mountain Road

Six-Year-Old Falls Off a Horse at 4870 Upper Mountain Road

Niagara County Fire Control toned out an ALS-priority EMS call at 4870 Upper Mountain Road at 11:33 a.m. for “a six-year-old female that fell off of a horse with a decreased loss of consciousness”. Mercy County EMS was requested for mutual aid; the call cleared without further dispatch traffic.