Erie County · Clarence Center · Reported Church Fire

A Report of Fire at the Clarence Center Methodist Church Sends Crews Into the Woods Behind It

Yesterday evening, Clarence Center companies were toned to the United Methodist church on Clarence Center Road — then found their fire was somewhere out in the trees behind the address, down a gas line.

Yesterday at about 9:32 PM, Amherst Fire Control put out a report of a fire at 9750 Clarence Center Road, the Clarence Center United Methodist Church. As units arrived, command reported the fire was not at the church itself but “north and east of this address”, somewhere down the gas line that crosses Clarence Center Road.

Command called for the first engine with Rescue 7 and a UTV to follow, working to establish a meet point for the crews pushing into the brush, and moved all responding Clarence Center units to a working channel. The traffic, carried on Amherst Fire Control — which dispatches Clarence's companies — resolved as a brush or woods fire rather than a structure in danger.

Amherst · Acacia Drive · Domestic With a Knife

A Domestic Call on Acacia Drive Turns Violent, a Woman Struck and a Knife in the Sink

Yesterday evening, Amherst police staged outside an Acacia Drive home where a complainant reported being hurt by a girlfriend and a knife in play; a female victim was left with bleeding lacerations.

Yesterday at about 8:32 PM, Amherst dispatch took a complaint at 41 Acacia Drive involving a girlfriend and an injury, with dispatch relaying that “the knife is in the sink now”. Officers staged and identified a subject on scene, a female born in 1997, noting no prior domestic or weapons history at the address.

A few minutes later, Amherst Fire was pulled into the call as well: the victim was reported with three lacerations, still bleeding, and a fire response was sent to the scene. The scanner traffic established the injuries and the knife but did not establish any charges before the thread closed.

West Seneca · Mineral Springs Road · Armed Domestic

An Ex-Husband With a Shotgun Turns a Car Dispute Into an Armed Domestic on Mineral Springs Road

Early yesterday evening, West Seneca police sent two cars to a Mineral Springs Road home after a woman reported her ex-husband had broken her license plates and had a shotgun on him.

Yesterday at about 6:28 PM, West Seneca dispatch sent units 27 and 29 to 1257 Mineral Springs Road for a domestic incident. The complainant stated her ex-husband was on the property and had gotten into a dispute over a vehicle, and that he “broke her license plates in half” and was still on scene.

Dispatch added a detail that escalated the call: the complainant said there was a shotgun in the garage that the ex-husband owned, and that it was on his person at that moment. The scanner traffic established the weapon report and the two-car response but did not establish how the matter resolved before the thread closed.

Amherst · North Ivyhurst · Armed Welfare Check

A Welfare Check on North Ivyhurst Turns Tense Over a Man Threatening Officers With a Knife

Yesterday afternoon, an Amherst welfare check came with a warning: the subject had said that if police were called, he would grab a knife and attack them.

Yesterday at about 5:17 PM, Amherst dispatch sent a unit to 480 North Ivyhurst for a welfare check prompted by a Kenmore law firm that had dropped the subject as a client. Dispatch relayed that when the complainant warned the man police would be called, he responded that “if the police were called, he would grab a knife and attack responding officers”.

Dispatch added that a warning flag from 2020 was on file, noting the subject had fought officers before and had made statements about suicide by cop. Officers staged and worked to reach the complainant by phone before approaching; the scanner traffic did not establish the outcome before the thread closed.

Cheektowaga · Walden Galleria · Strong-Arm Robbery

A Shopper Is Jumped Outside the Foot Locker at the Walden Galleria, Chain and Earrings Gone

Yesterday evening, a man called Cheektowaga police from the lower level of the Walden Galleria to report he had been jumped by two men who took his jewelry.

Yesterday at about 8:31 PM, a Cheektowaga dispatcher relayed that a male caller was waiting at the Foot Locker in the lower level of the Walden Galleria Mall, reporting he had been “jumped at street games a few minutes ago” by two men. Dispatch described one suspect as a light-skinned man with a mustache and the second as a man with a gold earring.

The reported take was a chain and earrings, pulled in a strong-arm robbery that dispatch said had happened minutes earlier. The scanner traffic established the description and the stolen items but did not establish any arrest before the thread closed.

Town of Tonawanda · Eggert Road · Missing 12-Year-Old

A 12-Year-Old Vanishes Minutes After Coming Home on Eggert Road, Her Backpack Left Behind

Late yesterday afternoon, Tonawanda police searched for a 12-year-old girl who appeared on a home camera arriving at an Eggert Road house — then was gone when her caller got there, her backpack left behind.

Yesterday at about 4:12 PM, Tonawanda dispatch sent units to 2772 Eggert Road for a missing 12-year-old girl. The caller reported the child had come home roughly 30 minutes earlier — visible on a home camera — but was not there when the caller arrived, and “her backpack was”.

Dispatch circulated a description of a Black girl, 12 years old, in black pants and white sneakers with a hoodie of unknown color. The scanner traffic established the search and the backpack detail but did not establish that the child had been located before the thread closed.

Chautauqua County · Jamestown · Missing Teenager

Jamestown Police Hunt for a 15-Year-Old Last Seen Leaving Washington Middle School

Yesterday evening, Jamestown police circulated an attempt-to-locate for a 15-year-old boy last seen at Washington Middle School in a blue shirt and black shorts.

Yesterday at about 5:34 PM, Jamestown dispatch put out an attempt to locate Connor Jemerson, a 15-year-old boy described as 5 feet 4 inches, about 110 pounds with brown hair, last seen at Washington Middle School wearing a blue shirt, black shorts and white Nike shoes. Dispatch said he was being sought at a family member's request.

If located, dispatch asked that a family member be contacted. The scanner traffic established the attempt-to-locate but did not establish that the teenager had been found before the thread closed.

Chautauqua County · Maple Avenue · Rollover MVA

An Overnight Rollover on Maple Avenue Leaves Two Unresponsive and a Medevac Requested

Early this morning, a vehicle rollover on Maple Avenue left two subjects unresponsive with snoring respirations, and dispatch called for a helicopter.

Early this morning at about 12:41 AM, Chautauqua County fire dispatch worked a motor-vehicle rollover at 345 Maple Avenue with two subjects reported unresponsive, both with “snoring respirations”. A medevac was requested to the scene.

The call held crews on scene for better than an hour. The scanner traffic established the rollover, the two patients and the helicopter request but did not establish their conditions on transport before the thread closed.

Amherst · Fire Control · Shift Snacks

The Great Late-Night Donut Summit, Settled in Three Transmissions

No pizza, but the station held the line on quality.

Late yesterday, at about 11:11 PM, the Amherst Fire wires turned briefly culinary. One voice asked whether a crew had pizza on hand. The answer, with a firefighter's instinct for standards: “Negative, but we do have donuts”. Pressed on whether the donuts were Paula's, the reply came back without hesitation — nothing but the best. On Halloween night, that is the kind of readiness the public deserves.

Depew · Fire Dispatch · Lost and Found

A Kid Who Lost His Family — to the Usual Spot

Halloween's most routine emergency gets its own deadpan dispatch.

Yesterday at about 7:02 PM, Depew's Engine 6 keyed up with a request that could only come on the thirty-first of October: “Could you send me a car for a kid who lost their family to the usual location where we are over here”. Dispatch didn't miss a beat — there was already an officer up there, and he'd be sent their way. A child reunited, a family relocated, all handled with the calm of crews who have clearly worked this holiday before.

Depew · Fire Dispatch · Holiday Cheer

Two Engines Back in Quarters, and a Happy Halloween All Around

The warmest sign-off on the wires.

Yesterday at about 8:17 PM, Depew Fire logged Engines 6 and 7 back in quarters from a detail. Dispatch wished the crews a good evening and a happy Halloween, and the reply came right back: “Happy Halloween to you as well”. A small exchange, but a nice reminder that behind every tone-out there are people trading pleasantries on a candy-strewn night.

Chautauqua County · Salamanca · Moving Search

A Search in Real Time, Narrated Over the Radio as the Subject Walks Past

Ground-level dispatch work, called play by play.

Yesterday at about 3:04 PM, Salamanca officers worked a moving search aloud on the wires, one voice reporting a subject in motion and another cutting in with a live update: “believe that female just passed me”. There is a particular tension to a search narrated as it happens — no tidy incident summary, just officers calling what they see as the subject passes by.

Chautauqua County · Dunkirk · Travel Plans

We're Flying to Atlanta, the Dunkirk Wires Announce, Mid-Shift

A travel itinerary breaks out on the police channel.

Yesterday at about 6:07 PM, amid the ordinary back-and-forth of Dunkirk dispatch, a single transmission landed with no context whatsoever: “We're flying to Atlanta”. Whether it was a destination, a code, or someone's weekend plans slipping onto the air, the wires offered no follow-up — leaving listeners to picture a patrol car banking south over Lake Erie.

Amherst · Grand Street West · Missing Person

Amherst Mother Reports Daughter Missing for 10 Weeks

Just after 1:42 AM, an Amherst police dispatcher sent a unit to Grand Street West on a report that a mother's 21-year-old daughter had left the house about ten weeks earlier and was last known to be with five men in a white SUV. The dispatcher said the mother was concerned and had called back wanting an officer to stop by in person; the remainder of the radio exchange was unclear.

Clarence · Wolcott Road · Medical Emergency

Breathing Call Turns Into Suspected Overdose on Clarence Center's Wolcott Road

Amherst Fire dispatchers sent Clarence Center units to Wolcott Road[*] [heard: Walcott Road / Olcott Road] near Goodrich Road[*] just after 8:27 PM yesterday for a 66-year-old man having trouble breathing. Minutes later, a dispatcher relayed that the same patient was semi-responsive and had “possibly took too much hydrocodone”, turning the call into a suspected overdose. Clarence Center 9 and Clarence 109 were both marked on location within about seven minutes of the initial dispatch.

Buffalo · James Street · Structure Fire

Buffalo Firefighters Call for Backup at James Street Blaze

Buffalo Fire Dispatch called for additional equipment just after 12:37 AM, sending Engine 25, Engine 1 and Ladder 6 to James Street[*] between Montgomery Street[*] and Clare Street[*]. Dispatchers routed responding companies in along Clinton Street toward Montgomery Street[*] as the incident drew more resources, setting a 37-minute response clock. The specific nature of the fire was not stated on the air beyond the call for reinforcements.

Buffalo · Jewett Parkway · Smoke Investigation

Crews Find Cooking Smoke, Not Fire, at Jewett Parkway Apartment

Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent a level-3 response — Engine 38, Engine 21, Ladder 7, a battalion chief and a fire investigator — to Jewett Parkway[*], Apartment 12, near Main Street[*] and Crescent Avenue[*], just after 5:02 PM yesterday after a report of smoke in the building with someone possibly still inside. A maintenance technician told dispatchers the tenant may have “smoked out their apartment by cooking” and could be unable to take care of himself. Crews investigating the second floor reported it smelled like papers burning rather than an active fire, and companies were back in service within about eight minutes.

Buffalo · Kaisertown · Gun Complaint

Man Pulls Gun on Kids in Kaisertown, Police Search for Black Tesla

Yesterday at 7:51 PM, Buffalo police on the A District channel were sent into the Kaisertown neighborhood after a caller reported a man chasing another male with a gun, and dispatchers followed up moments later with word that a man had pulled a gun on children near a gate at Casman and Barnard. Units began looking for a black Tesla, plate Mary-Bravo-George-1961 (MBG 1961), described as carrying a white man about 5'7" tall in blue sweatpants and a black hoodie; the plate came back to an address on Tenton and Kasner. One officer radioed that he was heading westbound to try to stop the car as it was tracked continuing out Mineral Springs Road, which a dispatcher confirmed is also known as Millersport Highway. The radio traffic does not indicate whether the vehicle was located.

Cheektowaga · Cambridge Court Apartments · Knife Complaint

Mother's 911 Call Sends Cheektowaga Officers Door-to-Door at Cambridge Court Apartments

Just after 3 AM, a Cheektowaga police dispatcher sent a patrol car to the Cambridge Court Apartments at 458 Dick Road[*], reporting that a mother had called to say a male had gone after a female with a knife inside the building. Dispatchers could not say which of the complex's apartments was involved beyond that it was on the second floor, and said it was unknown whether anyone had been hurt. A name given over the air as Cecilia Hindsman did not return a license match to the address. About ninety seconds later, dispatch advised the responding unit that officers had made contact with someone at apartment 3 in the building as the search for the right unit continued.

Concord · Vaughn Street · Rollover With Extrication

One-Car Rollover on Vaughn Street Closes Route 240, Puts Mercy Flight on Standby

Yesterday at 7:23 PM, Springville Fire Control dispatched East Concord companies and Mercy Medic 95 to a one-car rollover on Vaughn Street[*] between Davis Hill Road[*] and Middle Road[*], warning crews that extrication would likely be needed and that the number of people hurt was not yet known. East Concord's chief, running the call as incident command, requested Mercy Flight be placed on a ground standby and had fire police shut down Route 240 at the Davis Hill–Middle Road junction while crews worked the wreck. East Concord 9 was on scene within three minutes of the first page.

Hamburg · Jennings Road · Medical Mutual Aid

Routine Transport Call on Jennings Road Balloons Into Four-Crew, County-Wide Mutual Aid

Yesterday evening, Eden Emergency Squad was paged to 8922 Jennings Road[*] in Hamburg for a 40-year-old man dispatched as a cold-response transport. Within ten minutes the call had grown: dispatch called for four crews and activated Erie County mutual aid, bringing in Lakeshore 8, Lakeshore 9 and AMR ambulance crews alongside Eden's own rig. An Erie County unit checking in afterward reported a 15-minute response time to the address.

Southtowns · Orchard Park Road · Cardiac Arrest

Elderwood Resident Gets 24 Minutes of CPR After Call Held Nearly 90 Minutes Before 911 Activation

Yesterday at 6:06 PM, AMR South dispatch sent a crew hot to the Elderwood facility at 580 Orchard Park Road[*] for a 54-year-old man in cardiac arrest, noting the call had been holding at the facility since 4:34 PM before the 911 system was activated. Crews reported performing CPR for 24 minutes with no pulse checks initially returning results; by the time medics radioed an update, the patient had a heart rate of 120, oxygen saturation of 93 percent, blood pressure of 90 over 45, and an end-tidal reading of 84. Medics said they were assessing whether to transport and asked their base for a GCS before making the call.

Chautauqua County · Barricaded Gunman

Victim Says Armed Suspect Barricaded Himself Inside, Chautauqua Dispatchers Told

Chautauqua County dispatchers relayed yesterday at 5:29 PM that a victim told them “the suspect is still inside with a gun and barricaded himself”. A dispatcher logged the report at 1729 hours, and a follow-up entry a few minutes later noted contact with someone identified only as Kennedy; no resolution was broadcast on the county's law-enforcement dispatch channel before the recording segment ended.

Little Valley · Hazelmere Avenue · Disturbance

Little Valley Man Accuses Woman of Hitting Him With Car

Yesterday at 11:16 PM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's deputies were sent to Hazelmere Avenue in Little Valley for a report of a disturbance, possibly an assault. On scene, deputies said the male party was alleging that a woman identified as Crystal Gross had struck him with her car, leaving him with a knee injury; he refused an ambulance despite the injury, and EMS was placed on standby. A short time later, deputies asked for EMSto return to check on the patient again, and deputies on scene noted witnesses were being held separately at the barracks while the two main parties remained at the house.

Buffalo · Golisano Children's · Medevac Transport

Teen With Traumatic Brain Injury Airlifted to Golisano Children's

At 6:07 AM, the crew aboard Mercy Flight's Stat 12 radioed flight control that they were nine minutes from the helipad with a 16-year-old male being transferred from Hamot Medical Center to the emergency department at Golisano Children's Hospital. The teen, hurt in a motor vehicle crash, was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, a non-displaced fracture of his C6 vertebra and facial fractures; he was intubated and receiving a propofol infusion, with a heart rate of 90, blood pressure of 107 over 72 and oxygen saturation at 100 percent on the ventilator. Dispatchers said they would relay the report ahead to Children's and confirmed the nine-minute estimated arrival.