Clarence · Main Street at Our Lady of Peace

Two cars meet in front of Our Lady of Peace on Clarence's Main Street — “two patients, one problem,” one to ECMC and one refused

Right on top of the Snyder extraction, Amherst Fire dispatched a Clarence MVA at 10950 Main Street, the Our Lady of Peace Church. Clarence 92 acknowledged with multiple units. By 12:54 dispatch summed up the scene in nine syllables: “two cars, two patients, one problem”.

By 13:03 one occupant was on the way to ECMC with Escort 227 and the other patient had declined refusal at the scene. Clarence was back in service.

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Eggertsville · Capen Boulevard

82-year-old at 250 Capen Boulevard goes from “shaking” to unconscious with snoring respirations; Amherst PD on scene first while the caller does CPR pre-arrival

Eggertsville and North Bailey were dispatched at 14:10 to 250 Capen Boulevard, between Princeton Avenue and Cambridge Boulevard, for an 82-year-old female who had been shaking and was now unconscious with snoring respirations. Amherst PD got there first and confirmed an unresponsive party with limited breathing; the caller's partner was “attempting some kind of pre-arrival” on the phone, with dispatch noting the patient was “not participating very well”.

By 14:29 Amherst Fire was rerouting units — Eggertsville 5-1 had been holding mid-response on a mulch fire — and confirmed the patient was still breathing en route to Twin City.

Amherst · Fire and Grill, 1145 Niagara Falls Blvd

Echo response to Fire and Grill on Niagara Falls Boulevard: elderly male down, partner on the floor not breathing — possible seizure

Eggertsville and North Bailey caught an Echo (life-threatening) response at 14:27 to Fire and Grill, 1145 Niagara Falls Boulevard for an elderly male down on the floor and reported not breathing. The Amherst Fire dispatcher told responders her partner was still on the phone with the caller and the call was “sounds like it might have been a seizure”.

Within two minutes the picture was less grim: dispatch confirmed the patient was “breathing” and had a pulse. Eggertsville Fire was rolling, with additional engines staged off the Capen Boulevard call (story #3) once that patient was handed off to Twin City.

Amherst · Sunrise Boulevard area

Amherst PD called to a possible unattended death on Sunrise, between Queen Barbara and Lindemann

At 13:18 Amherst PD radioed a “possible unattended death” at 246 Sunrise, with cross streets given as Queen Barbara and Lindemann; the dispatcher noted the subject was “laying in bed until he passed away”. Twin City was inbound at 13:20. Just after 14:22 Amherst PD cleared at Sunrise.

Amherst · 131 California

Witness watches a father-son altercation at 131 California; by the time APD knocks, the father has driven the kids to school

Amherst PD was at 131 California at 09:16 for a domestic from “about a half hour ago”, with a complainant who said they “witnessed the altercation” between the father and the son and were waiting out front. Officers found the residence empty; the working theory on the radio was that “the father and son are not there, I think, so he took the kids to school”.

A 09:28 follow-up checked the apartment number against history; officers cleared by mid-morning. Same building generated a second call before 10:00 — dispatch flagged a Stephanie Brown history including 10-12 (mental hygiene) and 9-41 (EDP) flags, plus a “son that possibly lives with her now that's nonverbal and autistic” living with her.

BuffaloLimo · Niagara Region trunk

BuffaloLimo dispatcher has a guess about where his missing driver is, and it is exquisitely specific

Of all the calls on all the trunks in WNY today, the BuffaloLimo channel has the prose stylist. At 12:29, the dispatcher floated a theory on the whereabouts of an MIA driver: “He's probably laying in his recliner, butt naked, rubbing one out with the air conditioner on”.

It scans like a country-song verse. We will not be lengthening the work day by hunting down the antecedent.

Amherst · Deer Ridge crossing

Silver Audi convertible nearly clips a Deer Ridge crossing guard; partial plate radioed in as “Nancy George Robert 748”

Reckless-op complaint to Amherst PD at 08:10 from Deer Ridge: a silver Audi convertible “almost struck a crossing guard”, last seen and not found. The complainant called in a partial plate — “Nancy George Robert 748” — which the dispatcher captured even with DMV reportedly offline. The Audi vanished before officers could intercept.

Amherst · Clearfield Library, 770 Hopkins

Man wanders into the Clearfield Library on Hopkins still wearing a hospital wristband; APD tells him to call Crisis Services

At 11:48 Amherst PD radioed in a “Confused party at the Clearfield Library” at Clearfield Library, 770 Hopkins — a male, appeared to be confused, “he had a hospital band on his wrist”. Officers asked him to call crisis services and cleared. The chapter book stayed checked out.

Amherst · Beachwood Homes parking lot

EMS rolls cold to a Beachwood Homes parking lot, where a child is in a black Hyundai Santa Fe with a “plastic tooth”

Amherst Fire dispatched at 12:43 to 2235 Millersport Highway at Beachwood Homes, between North Forest Road and Sylvan Parkway, into the parking lot, looking for a “black Hyundai Santa Fe” — occupants reportedly inside, next to a blue Kia, with a “child with a plastic tooth”. Cold response (non-urgent). What unfolded next door felt much louder: a 73-year-old female who had fallen pulled the same units a few stalls away.

Amherst · 780 Maple

Hit-and-run on Maple: owner of the struck Elantra fled the scene because she didn't feel safe — then drove straight to APD to file the report

Property-damage MVA on Maple at 14:34, with the striking vehicle still on scene. APD spoke to the owner of the struck Elantra, Megan Bennett, by phone: she said she “didn't feel safe staying here to report the accident”, then drove herself to the Amherst Police Station to file the report. Officers had a description and were checking the address.

Cheektowaga · French Road

Rifle in the road, a black Jeep that wouldn't stop, and a midnight stabbing at the same lot — Cheektowaga PD chases the threads

Cheektowaga PD radio painted a sketchy picture across the 09:00 hour. A caller said he “found a rifle on French Road” on French Road; the man he was watching “pulled off in a black Jeep”, hung up the phone, and would not come back. Officers turned to history on the building — “There was a stabbing, I'm pretty sure, in the same lot at 25” — and went looking for a male named Troy Gore for an apartment number.

Eggertsville · Eggertsville-Snyder Library, 4622 Main

Unwanted party at the Eggertsville-Snyder Library on Main; APD tells him to leave

Sunny Wednesday afternoon problem: APD radioed at 14:14 for an “Unwanted party at the Eggertsville-Snyder Library”. The 6-car was on cover and 4622 Main was logged as the library address.

Woodlawn · Calico, 3175 Lakeshore Road

Calico shredder catches fire in Woodlawn — 7-to-10-foot flames inside the building, T-Hamburg pulls a full company response

At 14:35 T-Hamburg Fire Dispatch announced a possible structure fire at Calico, 3175 Lakeshore Road in Woodlawn: “materials in the shredder are on fire with 7 to 10 foot flames” inside the building. Dispatch toned out a full company response — Clemson, Even 7, Shore Engine, Lakeview, Newton at 6, Horse Park FAST — then held all other units in quarters for Woodlawn 9 until command shape was confirmed.

By 14:44, T-Hamburg Command was talking the second-due in the right way around the building (“you just have to go around the front of the building to get to the north side”), suggesting active fireground operations rather than an investigative call.

Amherst · 42 Flint Road

White-smoke call sends Eggertsville to a Red River Bend backyard; turns out to be a mulch fire, extinguished by 14:29

Caller at Red River Bend reported white smoke near the rear of a residence; Amherst Fire dispatched a possible mulch fire to 97 Ponda Road, then amended to 42 Flint Road after the husband called back. Eggertsville 5-1 responded; the fire was “confirming a mulch fire holding with two alone” at 14:29.

Niagara County · Frontier EMS

Niagara County dispatch sends ALS for a 23-year-old, 35 weeks pregnant, with the “worst headache ever” — low fetal heart rate, low movement

Niagara County Fire Control radioed Frontier EMS to an apartment on Coles Boulevard at 10:20: a 23-year-old female, 35 weeks pregnant, reporting the “worst headache ever”, with “low fetal heart rate and low movement” reported in clinical hand-off. ALS was recommended. The constellation — third-trimester, severe headache, fetal distress — is the textbook pre-eclampsia / HELLP flag pattern, and EMS would have been moving accordingly.