Amherst · Wehrle Drive at the Wegmans

Cardiac Signs at the Wehrle Wegmans: 72-Year-Old Man With Burns, Chest Pain, Jaw Pain

OPFD sent an ambulance to 37 Catherine Drive off Wehrle Drive at Wegmans just before Amherst's stolen-Durango sweep took over the trunk.

At 12:35, an OPFD dispatcher paged an ambulance to 37 Catherine Drive at Wehrle Drive[*] off Wehrle Drive, at Wegmans, for a 72-year-old man reporting “burns and chest pain, left arm pain, jaw pain, does have a history of”. The mix of complaints — a classic textbook cardiac referred-pain pattern, with a history the dispatcher started to note before the call cut — put the run at ALS priority.

Amherst · 4280 Chestnut Ridge → Walgreens NF Blvd → Metro Bus 34N

Cognitively Impaired Woman Wanders From Chestnut Ridge, Boards Southbound NFTA Bus at Walgreens

APD tried to raise family, then chased the Route 34N down Niagara Falls Boulevard to keep her in sight.

The first radio at 10:03 was thin: "4280 Chestnut Ridge for an Asian female wearing a blue shirt and red checkered pants walking towards Willow Ridge. She seems lost." Six minutes later a second complainant called dispatch from the Walgreens at 2970 Niagara Falls Boulevard[*], reporting a different subject — a man — entirely, but the two calls overlapped on the trunk and drew the same block of officers.

By 10:18 the officer with the wandering woman had ruled out cooperation. "She's not too cooperative with us and looks like she might have a cognitive issue," he told radio; his partner searched for family. "I have a phone number for her, but that's not helpful. I'll look a little further and let you know" — a rare admission from a WNY dispatcher that the tools weren't working. At 10:25 the officer called in that the woman had boarded “a metro bus southbound on the boulevard, bus 34N” at the boulevard; he was going to try to catch up to it.

Williamsville · Windsong Radiology parking lot

Mulch Fire in the Windsong Radiology Parking Island: Zero Damage, Three Rigs

Main-Transit rolled to 55 Spindrift Drive; the fire on the mulched median between the parking rows was out by 14:31.

At 14:22, Amherst Fire dispatched Main-Transit to investigate a mulch fire at the Windsong Radiology Building, 55 Spindrift Drive[*] [heard: 55 Vindriff / 55 Spendriff / 55 Spindrift Drive / 55 Cinder], described on the air as "a mulch fire in the island in a parking lot." It is exactly the kind of run WNY fire crews get every 90°F afternoon: a discarded cigarette, dry cedar chips, and a well-manicured median that catches. Main-Transit was back in service by 14:31 with the note "clarified, extinguished, zero damage."

KeyBank Center · HMS Security

Cork Check at KeyBank Center

Whatever HMS Security expected to be handling on a Monday morning at KeyBank Center, this was not it. The channel opened at 10:57:56 with an exchange that read, in full: “Are you wearing a cork, are you?” — “I do not.” — “Copy that, I'll grab it.” No context. No follow-up. Twelve seconds of radio traffic that will haunt the next shift briefing.

Amherst · Youth & Rec Building

Play-Fight Fight Club: The Boys of Amherst Youth & Rec Are Filming Again

Amherst PD spent parts of the early afternoon negotiating with a repeat cast of thirteen-to-fifteen-year-olds behind the Amherst Youth & Rec building. “I think they're just a group of kids enjoying the summer,” one officer offered at 13:05. Radio's follow-up was drier: “10-4, no fights.” Two minutes later, the same officer, catching them again: “They just, I'm pulling up on them, they took off running.” The dispatcher's explainer: “About a week ago, the group was play fighting over by the basketball courts and filming their activities, probably to post it on YouTube or something.” Same crew. Same courts. Same phones.

Amherst · 24 Delwood

Grandma Needs a Cop for Grandson's Car-Insurance Bill

The Amherst-Clarence trunk at 11:13:55 delivered the summer's finest dispatch: “For 24 Delwood, see the complainant there, she's looking for advice regarding the grandson not paying his share of the car insurance.” The officer's response was two words: “We're happy.”

Wheatfield · 7210 Williams Road, Apt 208

The Elevator Wouldn't Let Her Go: Frontier Apartments, One Foot Trapped, Slow to Swell

Niagara County FD dispatched a mutual-aid EMS run to Frontier apartments, 7210 Williams Road, Apt 208, at 09:49 for a 77-year-old woman with lingering foot pain. The reason, per dispatch: “pain in the foot after was stuck in the elevator yesterday, some weariness and swelling.” Twenty-four hours after the fact, the ankle finally swelled enough to call 9-1-1. The building may want to check the elevator.

Amherst · Sweet Home High

Sweet Home Welfare Check Turns Into a Foster-Care Threat Over a Toddler's Black Eye

Amherst PD fielded an unusual welfare call from Sweet Home High School at 12:47: a Summit Center administrator had reported that a four-year-old came home with a black eye, and the parent “called to notify their mother that she was going to put hands on and put them in foster care.” Officers logged it as a check.

Buffalo · City Mission, Tupper Street

Buffalo Fire Engine 1 Working at the City Mission — It Was a Sprinkler Valve

A Preliminary Signal 1 turned into ten minutes of relief when the alarm was traced to construction workers.

At 13:56, BFD Ch1 pulled Engine 2, Engine 3, Ladder 5 and V-43 to Ellicott and North Oak to investigate a commercial fire-alarm activation at the Buffalo City Mission. Engine 1 quickly announced it was working. Seven minutes later a chief on-scene resolved it plainly: “Chief workers accidentally hit one of the valves on the sprinkler system and set up the water flow alarm. There's no hazard here, we can handle”. The alarm was set off on Tupper Street by workers who accidentally hit a valve on the sprinkler system. Truck took the report; the companies were picked up at 14:03.

Williamsville · 5150 Sheridan Drive (McDonald's)

McDonald's Fire Alarm at Sheridan and Hopkins Clears in Nine Minutes

At 09:39, Williamsville 9-1 was toned out to investigate a commercial fire-alarm activation at the 5150 Sheridan Drive[*] McDonald's, between Mill Street and Hopkins Road[*]. Panel was not showing anything by the time crews walked the perimeter and talked to the manager; the alarm company was to be contacted, and Williamsville was back in service by 09:48.