Williamsville · Transit at Greiner

Two-car MVA snarls Transit at Greiner during the morning push

Amherst Fire Dispatch aired a two-car motor-vehicle accident at Transit Road and Greiner Road[*] at 9:54 AM, calling out East Amherst apparatus to the intersection. Traffic was described as backing on Transit; injury status was unclear from the initial page.

Amherst · John James Audubon Parkway

Driver into a ditch in front of the Audubon Library, alert and conscious

A single-vehicle wreck put a driver into the ditch in front of the Audubon Library at 350 John James Audubon Parkway just after 1:26 PM. Amherst Fire units reported the driver alert and conscious; the response cleared quickly.

Amherst · George Carl Boulevard

IV-dye reaction at a Wehrle Drive imaging office puts Main-Transit EMS on the run

Amherst Fire Dispatch put Main-Transit EMS on an allergic-reaction call at 40 George Carl Boulevard, Suite 130 — the Paralogic imaging office off Wehrle Drive — at 9:13 AM. The patient, a 69-year-old woman, was reported having a reaction to IV contrast dye with difficulty breathing.

Buffalo · Villa & Colvin

Small school bus and a truck tangle at Villa and Colvin with five children aboard

Buffalo Fire Dispatch put Engine 38, Ladder 13, F-20 and B-47 on a motor-vehicle accident at Villa and Colvin shortly after 8:00 AM: a small school bus and a truck, dispatch said, with five children on board. AMR transported one bus monitor from the scene; the children were reported non-injured on the initial size-up.

Buffalo · West Side

SWAT executes a search warrant at 397 Connecticut

Buffalo Police B and D Districts aired a search-warrant execution with SWAT at 397 Connecticut Street at 11:38 AM, working the entry with BPD's tactical team on the West Side. Radio traffic later logged “can you show us on that 397 Connecticut call” as units checked back in at 12:14 PM, and by 2:12 PM the districts were reporting “guns recovered, transporting to headquarters”.

Chautauqua County · Peak-n-Peak

Mercy Flight called for a 70-year-old golfer bleeding from the face at the Peak-n-Peak pro shop

Landing zone set at the Machias Fire Hall; the pro shop sits on top of the hill above the resort

Chautauqua Fire Dispatch called out County Medic 75 to Peak-n-Peak, 1405 Old Road, at 12:21 PM for a 70-year-old male at the Top Golf Course pro shop, fall victim, head injury bleeding from the face. Responders debated the geography on the air — “this is the pro shop on top of the hill above the peak, correct” — before the resort's own crew radioed that the patient was staged for a helicopter lift.

Cattaraugus Fire 1 requested Mercy Flight at 12:32 PM; the county set up the landing zone at the Machias Fire Hall to shuttle the patient. Dispatch signed off the operation with a rare on-air cheer: “go Mercy Flight 8”.

Boston · West Shutt Road

Springville EMS staging for a 17-year-old possible overdose on West Shutt Road

Springville Fire Control paged EMS to 12659 West Shutt Road, between Savage and the dead end, at 2:12 PM for a 17-year-old male reported as a possible overdose; the call went to a staging area rather than a direct approach while units confirmed the scene was safe to enter.

Cheektowaga · Leonard Post

“75, unresponsive, cold to the touch” — a probable field death at 65 Leonard Post

Cheektowaga Fire Dispatch pushed Rescue EMS to 65 Leonard Post Drive just after 1:00 PM for a 75-year-old woman found unresponsive and, dispatch relayed, “cold to the touch, possible confirmation”. AMR South took the call hot; a second timeout came at 1:06 PM with the same possible-confirmation language, and Cheektowaga PD units later routed toward the address.

Buffalo · Route 198

MVA on the Kensington at Main and Humboldt draws Engine 30, Ladder 6 and Rescue 1

Buffalo Fire Dispatch paged Engine 30, Ladder 6, Rescue 1, V-47 and F-40 to a motor-vehicle accident on Route 198 at Main and Humboldt at 2:39 PM. Patient status was not stated on the air; Battalion 47 was assigned as the responding chief.

Buffalo · 597 Fulton

Ladder 5 takes an animal call: cat, tree, aerial bucket

Buffalo Fire Dispatch aired a Still Alarm, Level 1 response to 597 Fulton, between Van Rensselaer and Smith, at 12:43 PM — “report of a cat stuck in a tree in the lot, that's a go for Ladder 5”. Ladder 5 got the assignment; the bucket went up and the cat came down.

Amherst · South Rockingham

Cat, meet vent: Amherst PD swings by to sort it out

An Amherst PD unit told dispatch at 8:32 AM: “We'll stop out at 10 South Rockingham, see if there's anything to do with that cat stuck in the vent”. No further update aired — presumably the cat, or the vent, prevailed.

Cattaraugus County · Silver Creek Road

The machete, on inspection, was just for the wood: a neighbor dispute over a survey stick

A neighbor squabble on Silver Creek Road came across Chautauqua LE Dispatch at 2:42 PM as “neighbors are having some type of dispute over a survey stick, not ongoing at this point”. A Cattaraugus deputy pulled up minutes later and radioed the tension down: “this looks like it's going to be a civil matter”. Then, because dispatch always wants to know: “that man with the machete appears to be cutting wood, he also showed crystal litter on scene”.

Amherst PD · Ambrose Court

The green Nissan at 2 Ambrose Court: grandpa's grandson had the car all along

An Amherst PD unit rolled to 2 Ambrose Court at 7:25 AM on a stolen-vehicle complaint — Horizon security had called in a green Nissan that had been parked there since the night before. Dispatch cleared it fast: “registered owner's son has the vehicle, he's at grandpa's house, number 3, Ambrose”.

Cheektowaga · Wayne Terrace

Cleveland Hill units run natural-gas odor inside a Wayne Terrace apartment

Cheektowaga Fire Dispatch sent Cleveland Hill fire units to 10 Wayne Terrace, Apartment 5 at 8:50 AM on a natural-gas odor inside the residence; a follow-up minutes later reduced the scope to a small leak coming off the stove.

Cheektowaga · Cleveland Hill Elementary

Fire-alarm reactivation at Cleveland Hill Elementary; no fire, detector to be replaced

Cheektowaga Fire dispatched a full-company response to a fire alarm activation at Cleveland Hill Elementary, 105 Maple View Road, at 2:19 PM, and toned it out a second time at 2:25 PM when the panel repeated. No fire was found; dispatch noted the offending detector was slated for replacement.

Lancaster · Ledgestone Village

Fall with laceration at Ledgestone Village on Broadway

Lancaster Fire took an EMS call at Ledgestone Village, 11290 Broadway, Apartment H, at 10:18 AM for a 76-year-old woman who fell and cut herself.

Eden · Sandrock Road

Turning Point House overdose ends with the patient regaining consciousness before medics arrive

Hamburg Fire Dispatch put Eden Emergency Squad on a paramedic response to 9136 Sandrock Road, Turning Point House, at 1:44 PM: a 40-year-old male, unconscious on the initial call, was reported conscious again by the time the medics arrived. The call was a possible overdose.