Williamsville · 5447 Main Street

Fire Alarm Ringing at the Old Rite Aid — No Key-Holder, No Way to Shut It Off

Passerby-reported audible alarm at abandoned Main Street pharmacy pulls Williamsville 9 and Ellicott Development

Just after 11:12, Amherst Fire dispatched Williamsville 9 to an audible fire alarm activation at 5447 Main Street, the former Rite Aid pharmacy near Grove Street, on a passerby report.

The building has been closed for years, and dispatch spent much of the next fifteen minutes chasing a key-holder — “through all of my work on Google, there are no phone numbers that work.” Eventually Ellicott Development, listed as the property manager, was reached and came out to the scene at 11:57.

Williamsville 9 held on-scene until Ellicott Development arrived; alarm ultimately cleared without a fire.

Clarence Center · Miland Road

62-Year-Old Falls Five Feet Off a Ladder at 10730 Miland

Clarence Center 93 and Newstead mutual aid respond

At 11:11, Amherst Fire paged Clarence Center for an EMS call at 10730 Miland Road, between Salt Road and Burghorn Road, for a 62-year-old female who’d fallen approximately five feet from a ladder — extent of injury unknown at page.

Clarence Center 93 responded with a Newstead mutual-aid ambulance from station 227; crews were on-scene shortly after 11:14 for evaluation and transport.

Amherst · 67 Birchwood Drive

Freestanding Cabinet Falls On 29-Year-Old Woman at Birchwood

Husband makes the 911 call; EMS dispatched to Forest View corridor

At 15:08, Amherst Fire dispatched an EMS call to 67 Birchwood Drive, between Forest View Drive and Countryside Lane, for a 29-year-old female after “a freestanding cabinet fell on her”.

Line 212 from the boulevard and 290 were paged; the husband placed the call. Patient status not confirmed on the air at the edition’s close.

Amherst · 122 Holloway Creek Lane

84-Year-Old Woman Unconscious at Holloway Creek — Reported Breathing

Ellicott Creek runs the EMS call off Carraway Court

At 11:48 Amherst Fire dispatched Ellicott Creek to 122 Holloway Creek Lane, off Carraway Court, for an 84-year-old female reported unconscious but still breathing.

Ellicott Creek 9 responded and had the patient in service within minutes; Ellicott Creek 3 arrived on-location at 11:58.

Williamsville / Eggertsville · Amherst Fire

Bacon Twice, Both Times From a Fire Alarm

First it was Demers in Williamsville, then Stonecroft in Eggertsville — same suspect, twice in one shift

The 9:51 clear at a Williamsville residence — Demers Fire, back in service — came with a diagnosis that will surprise no one who has ever cooked breakfast: “set off an old alarm by cooking bacon”. Naturally ventilated, no hazard, no charges filed.

Three hours later, Eggertsville got its turn at 59 Stonecroft Lane, off Eggert. Investigator 3 responded, the resident “set off the alarm, alarm has reset,” and Amherst Fire cleared it with the closing line of the shift: “another household with burnt bacon”. Eggertsville back in service at 12:59.

Amherst PD · 11:43

“My Computer Keeps Freezing. What’s the Location of the Accident I’m Going To?”

An honest question at 11:43, live on Amherst PD

There’s little more to add. An Amherst PD unit came on the air at 11:43 and asked dispatch to please, if it wasn’t too much trouble, tell them where they were headed — because the in-car MDT was doing the thing it does: “My computer keeps freezing. What’s the location of the accident I’m going to”.

Hopkins corridor · Grill fire

Grill on a Wooden Deck: What Could Possibly Go Wrong

Second call in ten minutes for a grill fire in the backyard off Hopkins

At 12:53 Amherst Fire pushed to standby for a second caller reporting a grill fire off of Hopkins. A responding PD unit had a clean read on the scene from the driveway: “It’s on a wooden deck in the backyard”.

Amherst PD · 408 Mill Street

Caller Sold Her Vehicle to a Text Message — Then Handed Over $5,000

Amherst PD takes a fraud report at 408 Mill

At 13:11 an Amherst PD unit paged in a possible fraud from the caller at 408 Mill Street, 10-12: “they were messaged by someone to sell their vehicle. She gave up her vehicle and paid them $5,000”. No suspect on the air at the time of dispatch; the report was still being taken as the window closed.

Amherst PD · 10 Blacksburg Court

APS Sends Amherst PD to an Elderly Woman Who Just Wants Her Aide Gone

“She wants to be alone” — a familiar sentiment made into a police call

At 11:27, Adult Protective Services routed Amherst PD to 10 Blacksburg Court. The gist, per dispatch: “an elderly female who wants her aide to leave. She wants to be alone”.

Buffalo · 279 Perry Street

Buffalo Fire Works Second-Floor Pocket at 279 Perry Street

‘Activated commercial fire alarm’ upgrades to a working operation — Truck 4 in with 23, crews open the crawlspace

At 13:44, BFD Ch1 dispatch punched out companies to 279 Perry at Chicago and Louisiana on a commercial fire alarm activation, with the note to lock up a report at general.

By 13:46 the tone on Fireground 2 was distinctly working: command holding for Truck 36 to receive fast-team duties, Truck 4 pairing with 23, and a supervisor calling for pacing (“tell everybody to pace themselves”). Crews requested a second-floor line to the rear yard step-down, then reported “we’ve accessed that pocket of fire, we’re opening up now” and opening walls up to the crawlspace by 13:38.

As of 13:57 Lieutenant Steven was calling for Ladder 14; no injuries reported on the air.

Buffalo · Delavan / Jefferson

Two People Trapped in an Elevator at Delavan and Jefferson

Engine 21, Ladder 15, and Ladder 13 (rescue) sent to the Delavan College Station area

At 14:05, BFD Ch1 dispatched to investigate “a report of two people trapped in elevator number 1863” near Delavan and Jefferson, at the Delavan College Station area. Engine 21, Ladder 15, and Ladder 13 with a rescue assignment were sent in.