Cattaraugus County · Dayton · Tree-Pinning Rescue

Crews Race a UTV and Airbags Into the Woods Off Route 353 to Free a Teen Pinned Under a Fallen Tree

A rescue deep in the tree line near Miller Road in Dayton turned into a frantic extraction yesterday afternoon after a young male was reported trapped beneath a tree and not breathing.

Yesterday at 4:18 PM, Cattaraugus County dispatch toned out Dayton and Gowanda for an ALS trauma in the area of Miller Road and Route 353, relaying that a male was trapped under a tree and believed not to be breathing. The run came in almost on top of a separate structure fire on Smith Hollow Road in Hinsdale, stretching companies across the county at once.

There was no exact address. Crews worked off a Rapid SOS phone plot: “If you turn onto Miller Road off of 353, on the right hand side, they're at the tree line back in the woods”. A deputy's car on the road marked the turn-in, and command pushed to pull in more help: “Can you call Dayton again and attach Gawanda or Cattaraugus for their UTVs if we need them?”.

With the patient — given on the air as a 17-year-old male — far off the road and believed not breathing, dispatch re-toned Dayton with Cattaraugus for UTV access and an airbag extraction, and a chief reported he was minutes out on Markham Wesley Road to meet the crews.

Dunkirk · Webster Street · Break-In

A Family Hides Upstairs on 911 as an Intruder Forces His Way in Through the Kitchen

Dunkirk police rushed a Webster Street home last evening while a terrified family, hearing noises move from outside to inside, barricaded on the second floor and narrated the break-in live.

Yesterday at 7:41 PM, Dunkirk police were dispatched to 14 Webster Street for a family fearful of a break-in attempt. The callers reported hearing noises outside the house that, over the course of the call, moved inside — dispatch relaying that the sounds were now coming from the kitchen.

The family hid upstairs as officers closed in, with dispatch advising that entry was being made at the home. Units worked the scene over the following minutes to clear it.

Amherst · UB South Campus · Suicidal Student

UB Police Ping a Phone and Comb the Lots for a Suicidal Student With a Plan and Means

University at Buffalo officers joined an Amherst attempt-to-locate yesterday afternoon, tracing a student's phone to near South Campus before she was found and taken for evaluation.

Yesterday at 4:14 PM, UB police relayed that Amherst had an attempt-to-locate out for a female who was “suicidal with a plan and means”. They believed she might be on a bus, based on an announcement heard in the background of her call, and asked campus units to begin checking the parking lots for her vehicle.

Crisis Services was en route and requested an officer stage at the fire station. Dispatch narrowed the search with the student's last class location and her vehicle registration, then came a break: “her phone is pinging in the area of Niagara Falls Boulevard and Pelham Drive”, an area close to South Campus.

The student was located, and a Twin City ambulance took her to ECMC on 941 paperwork with an officer following.

Cheektowaga · Oman & Seaton · Pediatric Bike Strike

A 9-Year-Old Cyclist Reported Struck at Oman and Seaton Sends Crews Searching, Then Turns Up a Different Story

Cheektowaga fire and EMS flooded an intersection yesterday afternoon on a report of a young bicyclist hit by a vehicle, only to find no patient and, eventually, a witness who says the child simply fell in the grass.

Yesterday at 4:18 PM, Cheektowaga Fire dispatched engines to Oman Boulevard and Seaton Road for a 9- or 10-year-old bicyclist reportedly struck by a vehicle, with multiple units and an AMR medic responding.

Police arriving first reported no patient on scene and began combing the surrounding streets. After several minutes of searching turned up nothing, dispatch cleared the run as a good-intent call: “If you guys want to go back into service, stop is good intent”. An officer who spoke with a child in the street said a friend had fallen in the grass and into the street, gotten back up uninjured, and was not struck by a car — “so maybe somebody saw that and assumed”.

Cheektowaga · East Frontier Drive · Multi-Agency Response

A Multi-Agency Call to East Frontier Drive Draws Ambulances and Blocks the Road With a Stopped School Bus

A response pulling in Cheektowaga, Hamburg, Tonawanda and Buffalo units tied up East Frontier Drive yesterday afternoon over injured subjects, with a school bus caught across the roadway.

Beginning around 3:00 PM yesterday, a response at 669 East Frontier Drive drew units from multiple agencies on reports of injured subjects, with multiple ambulances requested.

The scene snarled traffic in the area, with a school bus reported blocking the roadway as crews worked the call over roughly half an hour before clearing.

Jamestown · Fort Avenue · Gas Leak Evacuation

A Reported Gas Leak Empties a Resource Center Building on Fort Avenue as Crews Lay Into Hydrants

Jamestown firefighters evacuated a Fort Avenue building late last night on a gas-leak call, pulling a full assignment and working two on-site hydrants before finding nothing.

Yesterday at 10:35 PM, Jamestown Fire dispatched all companies to 862 Fort Avenue — the Resource Center, Building C — for a reported gas leak, with the building already being evacuated.

Dispatch pointed crews to a hydrant in front of 878 Fort Avenue and a second hydrant on site in front of the A building as units responded and the evacuation continued. After searching the scene, command reported the all-clear: “No gas leak found. All units are in service”.

WNY · BJ's Gas · Trash Fire

Oh Rob, There's a Fire in a Garbage Can — Want to Put It Over My Fire Extinguisher?

Yesterday at 4:06 PM, the airwaves produced a small masterpiece of low-stakes urgency when a voice on the line flagged a trash fire at a BJ's gas station and pitched the self-service solution: “Oh Rob, there's a fire in a garbage can at the BJ's Gas Monk. Want to put it over my fire extinguisher?”. No engine, no alarm — just one dispatcher and her own extinguisher, ready to be deployed against a burning garbage can.

Cheektowaga · Deer Strike · Curbside Disposal

Contractor Bag, Meet Curb: A Deputy's No-Nonsense Plan for the Deceased Deer

Yesterday at 6:49 PM, a Cheektowaga officer brought brisk municipal efficiency to a roadside animal problem, announcing the final arrangements over the air with zero ceremony: “We'll be putting this animal in the contractor bag and putting it out at the curb”. Rest in peace — and please have it out by collection day.

Cheektowaga · Walden Avenue · Burnout Crowd

Fifty-Car Burnout Mob Scatters at the Mere Flicker of Blue-and-Red

A crowd of some fifty cars and motorcycles laying down tread marks and smoke near Restaurant Depot folded instantly last night the moment a single unit rolled up. The responder's assessment, delivered with quiet satisfaction at 9:30 PM: “I think my blue and red lights scared them off. They're gone” The whole spectacle simply drove off westbound on Walden Avenue.

Cheektowaga · Garage · The Rat Dispute

Disturbance Call Resolves Into a Man Hurling Objects at the Rats in His Garage

A report of yelling and screaming at 5:05 AM this morning turned out to have a very specific antagonist. An officer made contact and filed the tidiest of resolutions: “He was yelling and screaming and throwing stuff at the rats that were in the garage” He was advised accordingly, and the garage menace presumably remained at large.

Buffalo · Public Works · Parking Choreography

As Long as Mike Is First Past the Hole: A Maintenance Crew's Nocturnal Traffic Ballet

Late last night, a Buffalo maintenance crew worked out a parking plan with the loose confidence of people who have done this a thousand times. Told nobody was walking on anybody, the lead voice laid out the logistics at 10:20 PM: “We got more than enough room to jock everybody here as long as Mike is first past the hole, and then the mixer truck is somewhere on the shoulder” There was, he assured everyone, no definitive plan — and that was fine.

Amherst · {street:s1} · Welfare Check

Harassment Call Turns Into Welfare Check When Complainant Found Slumped at the Wheel

Yesterday at 6:21 PM, an Amherst officer was sent to a harassment complaint near Wehrle[*] [heard: Worley] and Union Road, where a woman in a gray hatchback said a neighbor had given her a hard time while she was delivering a DoorDash order.

Arriving at the car, the officer instead found her slumped at the wheel of the still-running vehicle and unresponsive, radioing that “she's not waking up here, I'm trying to see if she's got a pulse, she's warm, I think she's just sleeping”. Two minutes later, dispatch reported her awake and the call was downgraded.

Tonawanda · Wabash Avenue · Structure Fire

Wabash Avenue Fire Draws Mutual Aid From Kenmore

Yesterday at 10:34 PM, Tonawanda Town Fire Dispatch put out a residential fire line for 429 Wabash Avenue, between Melrose and Military, with the town's own 9-1 and 9-2 units responding alongside a Kenmore company crossing in to assist.

The repeated requests for additional units and the cross-town mutual aid on the air suggested an escalating response; dispatchers confirmed the address minutes later as crews continued operating at the scene.

Tonawanda · McConkie Drive · Choking Call

Callers Start CPR as Choking Man Goes Unconscious on McConkie Drive

Yesterday at 5:41 PM, Tonawanda police issued a hot response to 25 McConkie Drive, apartment 2, for a 56-year-old man described on the radio as “choking, unconscious, still getting more information, possibly about to start CPR”.

Dispatch began relaying CPR instructions to those on scene as a Twin City ambulance crew responded from Sweet Home and Maple.

Newstead · Bloomingdale Road · Workplace Injury

Young Worker's Finger Partially Amputated in Press Accident at Newstead Metal Shop

Yesterday at 9:29 PM, Amherst Fire Dispatch recommended a cold response for Newstead EMS to Schrock Metal Products at 13557 Bloomingdale Road, between the village line and Scotland Road, for a 23-year-old man whose finger had been “crushed in a press, no longer in the press, with a partial amputation, but bleeding is controlled”.

Newstead's 93 and 9 units and Amherst's 9 responded, with a Newstead 92 unit following shortly after.

Buffalo · Peter Street · Structure Fire

Peter Street Fire Spreads to Carriage House, Threatens Neighboring Homes

Yesterday at 4:31 PM, Buffalo Fire units were sent to a wood-frame structure fire on Peter Street; radio traffic on the Buffalo Fireground channel and Buffalo Police District B through D channels indicated the fire extended from the original building into a carriage house and toward adjacent occupied homes.

Crews remained on scene managing the exposure risk to the neighboring houses for several minutes before traffic on the fireground channel quieted, suggesting the spread had been stopped.

Buffalo · Kenmore Avenue · Domestic Violence

12-Year-Old's 911 Call Brings Police to Knife-and-Hammer Domestic on Kenmore

Overnight, just after 12:39 AM, Buffalo police D District units were sent to a domestic violence call at 1024 Kenmore Avenue, Apartment 3.

A 12-year-old called it in, telling dispatchers her mother's boyfriend was “starting to stab everyone” and had a pocket knife, while the mother was described as holding a weapon of her own — possibly a hammer.

Buffalo · Perry Street · Reported Stabbing

Reported Stabbing on Perry Street Draws Multiple A District Units

Yesterday at 11:57 PM, a couple of Buffalo A District patrol units were dispatched to a reported stabbing at 312 Perry Street, Apartment 3B, after a caller said a person identified on dispatch as Meryl Stacey had been stabbed.

Buffalo EMS, referred to on the radio as ADI, was also notified, and patrol units 440 and 441 were sent to the scene along with a third car; dispatchers reported no suspect information was available.

Buffalo · Alabama Street · Burglary

Burglars Try Rear Entry at Alabama Street Apartment Tied to Recent Murder

Yesterday at 7:41 PM, Buffalo A District units responded to a burglary in progress at 274 Alabama Street, Apartment C — a unit a neighbor said had recently been the scene of a murder. Dispatch reported three subjects trying to get in through the rear of the building, and radio called for several cars; units 432, 452 and 454 were among those that responded.

Officers were given descriptions of two women believed involved: one in a red shirt, the other dressed all in black.

Depew · Ellington Avenue · Welfare Check

FBI Tip on 'Goodbye' Social Post Sends Depew Officers to Welfare Check

Overnight, at 12:16 AM, Depew police sent two cars to 347 Ellington, lower apartment, for a welfare check requested by the FBI after a tip line flagged a social media post showing a woman with yellow tablets on her tongue and an alcoholic drink, captioned with a message reading in part “goodbye y'all, time for me to fly high, I love you all”.

Dispatch said the post no longer appeared to be up, though it noted that could simply mean it had expired as a disappearing "story" on the platform rather than having been deleted; officers could not say how long it had been posted. An officer reported arriving on Ellington a few minutes later, and no further update on the subject's condition went out over the air.

Cheektowaga · Duke Road · Street Racing

Fifty Vehicles Scatter as Patrol Car Breaks Up Duke Road Burnout Session

Yesterday at 9:25 PM, Cheektowaga dispatch fielded a report of trucks and motorcycles doing burnouts at the end of Duke Road, near Restaurant Depot. A patrol car was sent, and a caller on scene put the crowd at “about 50 cars here right now”, with tread marks scarring the road and smoke hanging over the area.

Within a couple of minutes the dispatcher reported the gathering breaking up — “scared off, confused by me being here”, as the caller put it.

Aurora · Davidsonburg · Vehicle Crash

West Falls Companies Scale Back After Single-Vehicle Crash Near Davidsonburg

Yesterday at 4:43 PM, East Aurora Fire Dispatch confirmed a one-vehicle accident near Davidsonburg, sending West Falls 8, West Falls 9 and West Falls 9-1, with the Erie County Sheriff's Office also en route.

Minutes in, a deputy checking in on the fire channel asked who was responding; dispatch told him West Falls 8 and 9-1 were already on the road and released the rest of the companies, saying “that's all we're going to need, you can hold everybody else in the corner”. West Falls 8 ultimately handled the scene alone.

Attica · Exchange Street · Inmate Overdose

Narcan Revives Inmate at Attica Correctional Facility

Yesterday at 4:39 PM, Wyoming County Fire dispatched Medic 80 to Attica Correctional Facility, 639 Exchange Street, for a male inmate who had overdosed. Dispatch reported “two doses of Narcan administered” and that his breathing had been verified before medics arrived.

Genesee County · Lake Street Road · Toddler Medical Call

Toddler With History of Brain Hemorrhage Grows Dizzy in Park-and-Ride Lot

Yesterday at 8:02 PM, Genesee County Fire dispatched Intermatic 1 to an 18-month-old girl with a prior brain hemorrhage, recently released from the hospital, who had grown dizzy while in a black GMC Denali parked at the park-and-ride lot at 785 Lake Street Road.

Chautauqua County · Route 380 · Vehicle Into Trees

Car Leaves Route 380, Unconscious Driver Trapped in Trees

Yesterday at 3:02 PM, Chautauqua County Fire dispatched the Gerry and Sinclairville fire companies for manpower to a one-vehicle crash at 4306 Route 380, where a car had left the roadway into trees near the crossroads of Savannah Town Line Road and Old Route 60. Dispatch reported the operator was unconscious.

Minutes later on the same channel, dispatch sent Ripley County Medics 72 on an ALS response to 16 Goodrich Street for a 69-year-old woman having chest pain after a medical alarm activation; the two calls appeared to be unrelated.

Hinsdale · Smith Hollow Road · Structure Fire

Heavy Smoke Reported at Hinsdale House, Address Called Into Question

Yesterday at 4:16 PM, Cattaraugus County Fire Control dispatched Hinsdale and Weston Mills fire companies to 2693 Smith Hollow Road for a reported structure fire, with the caller describing a lot of smoke coming from the house.

Minutes later, the Hinsdale chief and dispatch went back and forth over whether the address was correct, identifying the home as the Goldsmith residence and agreeing to send law enforcement to confirm the location; the chief put the actual number closer to “27 or 7”.

Erie County · Genesee Street · Welfare Check

Dispatcher Flags Second Crisis Call to Same Genesee Street Home

Yesterday at 6:54 PM, a Mercy EMS dispatcher sent units to 11400 Genesee Street to check on a woman identified on the radio as Nadine Denzel after she sent a group-chat message saying she planned to harm herself; the dispatcher noted her boyfriend had died by suicide at the same residence a few months earlier, and that a prior complainant was seeking a follow-up visit.

By 7:07 PM, crews reported the woman's mother had arrived on scene and that the woman was upset but allegedly had not harmed herself, and was possibly intoxicated.