Newstead · Bloomingdale Road · Barn Fire

Barn Fire on Bloomingdale Road Draws Mutual Aid, Burns Past 10 A.M.

Fire inside a barn on Bloomingdale Road held crews on location for more than an hour and a half.

At about 8:47 AM, a fire-EMS paging channel put out a fire inside a barn at 109 Bloomingdale Road, with a related page for an engine also sent to 193 Bloomingdale Road between Wright Road and Scotland Road, according to the radio traffic. An Amherst-side engine was pulled in as mutual aid, one of several agencies drawn to the scene.

The barn fire held crews on location well past mid-morning: a unit reported all on location and 10-21 — clear of the incident — at about 10:21 AM, roughly an hour and a half after the first page. The cause and the extent of the loss were not stated on the air.

Williamsville · Lexington Terrace · Cardiac Arrest

A Lexington Terrace Lift-Assist Becomes a Working Cardiac Arrest

A man reported conscious and alert but wedged on Lexington Terrace at mid-morning became a full resuscitation less than twenty minutes later.

Just after 10:10 AM, Amherst Fire logged a call at 91 Lexington Terrace, near the Sheridan Drive[*] and Hopkins Road[*] corridor, for a man who was conscious and alert but had been wedged, with Snyder Rescue 5 on location. Within the hour the situation reversed hard.

At about 10:29 AM, dispatch announced crews were working a cardiac arrest at the same address, in the words on the air, “we are working a cardiac arrest now”. EMS and fire units converged, and command coordination followed through the late morning. The patient's outcome was not stated on the air.

Salamanca · M&M Central · Threats

Driver Threatens to Shoot Gas Station Employees, Slips the City Line Before Police Arrive

A man in a black GMC Sierra threatened M&M Central staff, then drove north out of Salamanca as officers tracked him by plate cameras.

At about 10:40 AM, Salamanca police went looking for a black GMC Sierra pickup with a handicapped plate after an employee at the M&M Central gas station reported that the man driving it had threatened to shoot employees, according to the radio traffic. Dispatch stressed no weapon was displayed and the threat was verbal.

The plate came back to a 2020 GMC Sierra registered to a Cattaraugus address with no wants or warrants, and officers ran it through the camera system. The last hit placed the truck at Route 219 and Central Avenue at the city line around 10:40 AM, headed north out of the city. An officer stayed on scene to take a statement from the complainant, identified on dispatch as Dean Redding, to apply for a warrant.

East Aurora · 63C Drive · Fall

Mercy Flight Called for a Woman Bleeding Heavily After a Stairway Fall in East Aurora

A 64-year-old woman fell down stairs and was bleeding from the head, drawing an air-medical response even as she stayed conscious.

At about 2:26 PM, East Aurora Fire worked a call on 63C Drive for a 64-year-old woman who had fallen down a flight of stairs and was bleeding from the head, according to the radio traffic. The call had first come in minutes earlier as a head injury with agonal breathing.

Mercy Flight was dispatched to the scene as crews reported heavy blood loss, though the patient was described as alert and conscious. The severity of the injury and the patient's outcome were not stated on the air.

Franklinville · Howard Street · Structure Fire

Franklinville House Fire Forces Residents Out After a Basement Fuse-Box Fault

Smoke showed at a home on Howard Street in the Village of Franklinville, with the trouble traced to the basement fuse box.

At about 1:46 PM, Cattaraugus County crews were dispatched to a structure fire at 23 Howard Street in the Village of Franklinville, with smoke showing and the fire linked to a fuse box in the basement, according to the radio traffic. Residents were reported evacuated.

Command moved the incident to a fire operations channel and requested National Grid, and units worked to open up the rear of the structure to access the basement. The extent of the damage was not stated on the air, and it ran alongside the county's overdose search in the same busy afternoon window.

Amherst · Millersport Highway · Infant Fall

Infant Falls From a Bed at a Flint Road Motel, Head Injury Reported

Amherst Fire and EMS were sent to a Red Roof Inn room for an infant with a head injury after a fall.

At about 2:34 PM, Amherst Fire and EMS responded to the Red Roof Inn at 42 Flint Road, Room 235, for an infant who had fallen off a bed and suffered a head injury, according to the radio traffic. The child was described as between newborn and three months old.

The age of the patient drove an urgent medical response. The severity of the injury and the child's outcome were not stated on the air.

Depew · Broadway · Missing Person

Confused Elderly Man Reported Missing Near Ace Hardware, Last Seen by the Creek

Depew police searched for a confused elderly man in a light blue windbreaker last seen along a creek near Broadway.

At about 1:34 PM, Depew police put out a look-out for a confused elderly man reported missing near the Ace Hardware area at 5175 Broadway, according to the radio traffic. He was described as roughly six feet tall in a light blue windbreaker.

Dispatch relayed that the man had last been seen by a nearby creek, drawing officers to check the waterway. The outcome of the search was not stated on the air.

Orchard Park · Fire Radio

Over and Out, With Love: A Dispatcher's On-Air Valentine to Marcy

The fire channel is for tones and truck numbers — and, for one warm second before noon, a declaration.

Just before noon, Orchard Park Fire's Control called up unit 88-1 like any other transmission — then let something slip that the radio does not usually carry. "88-1, it's all my station, Marcy," came the reply, followed a beat later by the sign-off that stopped the scanner cold: “All my station, Marcy, I love you”. Routine handoffs go over these frequencies all day; a public serenade does not. Whoever Marcy is, she is, apparently, all his station.

East Aurora · Fire Dispatch

"These Are All My Knives, I Don't Care": A Cutlery Inventory for the Ages

Somewhere in the East Aurora response area, someone wanted the record to reflect the ownership situation.

Tucked between a diabetic call on Clinton Street and the ordinary rhythm of a mid-morning fire channel came a single flat line of testimony from someone at the scene: “These are all my knives, I don't care”. No follow-up, no explanation, no further inventory. The declaration stood on its own — a full and complete accounting of the knives, and of exactly how much its owner minded.

Amherst · Car-to-Car

Hot Tires, Cold Trail: An Officer's Play-by-Play on an Empty Mazda

The car was right, the color was right, and the rubber, per the officer, was hot as hell.

An Amherst officer working a stolen-vehicle lead delivered the kind of forensic detail you feel more than hear: the Mazda CX-9 was “right in color, still pretty hot, tires are hot as hell, unoccupied right now”. Right car, right color, tires still radiating from a recent drive — and nobody behind the wheel. The suspect had the good sense to leave; the tires gave him up anyway.

Amherst · PD Dispatch

The Report's Logged, the Decorum Is Not: A Salty Amherst Sign-Off

Two 10-4s, a report filed, and then a farewell the FCC did not draft.

It was a nothing call — a report cleared, a language barrier, nobody in trouble. The exchange wound down with the usual clipped codes, one unit noting it would log the report. Then, in a breach of the channel's ordinary starch, came the sign-off: “All right, bitches”. A beat of radio silence followed, as if the frequency itself was deciding whether it had heard that right.

Buffalo · Bailey & McKinley

A Mask, a Thong, and a Traffic Report: Bailey & McKinley's Midday Spectacle

Between the directive patrols and a stolen-vehicle hunt, District A had to make room for a very different call.

Buffalo's District A was juggling directive patrols and a stolen-vehicle hunt when dispatch slipped in the item that reordered everyone's afternoon: “the naked guy over at Bailey & McKinley, he's just wearing a mask and a thong touching himself”. It was passed along with the same even cadence as a parking complaint, logged and cleared, the frequency moving on to the next call as if nothing about it required elaboration.

Amherst · Bailey Avenue Pursuit

Amherst Police Pursuit of Black Infiniti Ends Without Incident Near VA Medical Center

Just after 8:11 AM, University at Buffalo Campus Police radioed South Campus patrols that Amherst police were pursuing a black Infiniti QX6 approaching campus, last reported headed southbound near Bailey Avenue[*].

Minutes later, an officer confirmed to dispatcher Kathy that Amherst had called the pursuit off — the car was no longer on Bailey Avenue[*] — and that it had “terminated at the V.A.” without further incident.

Buffalo · Elmwood Avenue Death Investigation

Buffalo Police Investigate Death at Elmwood Avenue Address

At 1:44 PM, a Bravo unit on scene at 245 Elmwood Avenue radioed Buffalo police dispatch's Tower Control for assistance, reporting “there's a DOA there” and filing the call under supplement report 306.

Dispatch acknowledged the call and cleared the radio; officers remained on scene, but the identity of the deceased and the cause of death were not stated on the air.

Buffalo · Suffolk Street Cyclist Crash

Cyclist Struck by Delivery Van at Suffolk and East Sullivan

At 2:16 PM, an officer on the Edward Car radioed Buffalo police dispatch to report an injury accident at Suffolk Street and East Sullivan Street, describing a cyclist “hit by a delivery van”.

Car 32 covered the radio while car 232 was sent to the scene; the extent of the cyclist's injuries was not stated on the air.