Cheektowaga · Idlewood Apartments · Infant Emergency

A One-Month-Old Is Found Unresponsive at a Cheektowaga Apartment, Pulling Fire and EMS to Slate Creek Drive

Cheektowaga fire and EMS were sent emergency to the Idlewood Apartments on Slate Creek Drive yesterday evening for an unresponsive infant.

Yesterday at about 7:25 PM, Cheektowaga dispatchers put out an emergency EMS response to 3 Slate Creek Drive, Apartment 12, in the Idlewood Apartments, for a one-month-old infant reported unresponsive. Fire and EMS were sent together on the highest priority.

Minutes later the combined fire-and-EMS assignment was confirmed en route to the same Slate Creek Drive address, the second transmission in as many minutes on a call type that brings the heaviest response in the book. An unresponsive month-old child draws every available unit, and the traffic reflected it.

Amherst · Glenhaven Drive · Armed Domestic

A Father Pulls a Knife in a Glenhaven Drive Domestic; Amherst Officers Talk It Down to Calm

Multiple callers reported a physical fight outside a Glenhaven Drive home early this morning, with a man armed with a knife; officers found the scene calm and the knife out of play.

Early this morning, at about 3:12 AM, Amherst police were sent to a physical domestic at 180 Glenhaven, with dispatch warning that the caller was being vague but that “there's a weapon” A female on the line told dispatchers the fight was outside between her male partner and her father, “saying that her father has a knife in his hand”

With several people on scene and a lot of commotion, dispatch held the air and advised all cars that a subject identified on dispatch as Clarence Wright would have “a knife in his right hand” Within minutes the traffic turned: officers reported the scene calm and the “knife is out of play” A 43-year-old man was found with a couple of cuts, described as nothing serious, and taken by Twin City EMS.

Genesee County · Batavia · Overdose

A Batavia 14-Year-Old Is Treated for an Intentional Benadryl Overdose as Medics and Police Respond

Genesee County fire dispatched Mercy Medic 1 and law enforcement yesterday afternoon for a teenage girl who had intentionally overdosed on Benadryl.

Yesterday at about 3:07 PM, Genesee County fire dispatch sent East Pembroke Mercy Medic 1 to 3544 West Main Street Road, between Chelsea Road and the county building, for a 14-year-old girl described as an “intentional overdose on Benadryl” Law enforcement was enrolled to the call alongside the medic unit.

The run stood out on an afternoon of routine Genesee County traffic — medical alarms, falls and parking-lot fender-benders — as an unusually serious call for the county: a deliberate overdose by a teenager, drawing both an advanced-life-support crew and police. Dispatch repeated the assignment to confirm the medic and the address.

Cheektowaga · Genesee & Pine Ridge · Hit-and-Run

A 7-Year-Old Is Hurt in a Genesee and Pine Ridge Hit-and-Run; the Cadillac Flees With Front-End Damage

Cheektowaga police searched for a gray-black Cadillac that struck a vehicle and fled down Genesee Street this morning, injuring a 7-year-old.

At about 6:42 AM, Cheektowaga police checked the area of Genesee and Pine Ridge for a “gray-black Cadillac that hit a vehicle and took off” The direction of travel was unknown, headed down Genesee Street.

Dispatch added that the fleeing vehicle should be a “Cadillac truck with front-end damage” and a second unit radioed that it was heading over to assist. A 7-year-old injured in a hit-and-run turned a routine morning crash into a search for a damaged Cadillac somewhere out on Genesee.

Jamestown · MRC Building · Burglary

A Burglary in Progress at Jamestown's MRC Building Pulls Police, Fire and a Remote Camera Watch

Jamestown police and fire worked a reported break-in at the MRC Building on Chandler Street overnight, with a subject believed to be inside and surveillance watched from Fredonia.

Overnight, at about 2:56 AM, Jamestown police and fire responded to a possible burglary in progress at the MRC Building, 402 Chandler Street, with a subject reported in the center section of the building and ladder access noted to the structure.

The response drew in the Chautauqua County law-enforcement dispatch, which assisted by pulling up the building's video surveillance remotely from Fredonia while units worked the scene on the ground. The multi-agency attention — police, fire and a remote camera watch on a single break-in — ran well past 3 AM before clearing.

Amherst · Allenhurst · Missing Daughter

The Missing 11-Year-Old Turns Out to Be 37

Early this morning, Amherst police took an attempt-to-locate at 566 Allenhurst, Apartment A: a woman reported that her daughter had been in bed with her and was no longer there, and that the daughter was “11 years old” A check of the history told a different story. “But looking at history, she is 37” Crisis Services was asked to assist the complainant, and the tone shifted from a child-missing emergency to a welfare check on the caller herself.

Hamburg · Maple Avenue · Porch Fire

Homeowner 1, Porch Fire 0 — Before the Mutual Aid Even Rolled

A full Hamburg assignment went out this morning for a possible porch fire at 128 Maple Avenue, between Hawkins and Division — Eden, Newton Abbott, North Boston and Scranton all paged onto the fire ground. By the time the first engine arrived, the fire was mostly extinguished and limited to two front porch steps. The order came back crisp: “All Mutual Aid units for 128 Maple remain in quarters. One engine from Hamburg alone” The porch, and the homeowner, had it handled.

West Seneca · Transit Road · Civics Lesson

A Dispatcher's Deadpan Lesson in the Right to Photograph Your Trailer

A Transit Road resident called West Seneca police last night to report that someone was photographing their trailer, worried it signaled a theft in the works. The dispatcher's reply doubled as a First Amendment seminar: “If his trailer is parked in a public area, people can take pictures of it” No crime, just a citizen and a camera on a public street.

Salamanca · Clinton Street Bridge · The One That Got Away

A Fisherman Hooks Himself, Not a Fish, on the Clinton Street Bridge

The catch of the morning on the Clinton Street bridge in Salamanca was the angler himself. Salamanca Fire took an EMS request for “a male with a fishing lure caught in his leg” — one of the more literal self-inflicted wounds the wires turned up all night. Crews responded; the fish, presumably, swam on.

Cheektowaga · Can You Hear Me Now

A Dispatcher and a Caller Rediscover the 'Can You Hear Me Now' Loop

After a stretch of radio noise, a Cheektowaga dispatcher ran through the oldest exchange in telecom, verbatim, trying to confirm the caller was still there: “I don't know if you can hear me... You are hearing me... You are” Connection established, eventually.

Williamsville · Main Street · Suspicious Person

Gray Sedan Returns to Hyatt Place Lot for Third Week, Driver Accused of Shining Lights at Women

Overnight, just after 1:48 AM, Amherst Police dispatch flagged an occupied vehicle complaint at the Hyatt Place, 5020 Main Street, describing an older white male in a gray sedan who has been returning to the lot for the past two to three weeks and “shining lights at women”.

Tonawanda · Willow Grove South · Abuse Allegation

Advocacy Staff Report Physical Abuse of Patients at Willow Grove South Group Home

At 5:37 PM yesterday, Tonawanda Police dispatch relayed a report from advocacy staff alleging physical abuse of patients at a group home at 205 Willow Grove South, near Fletcher and Lodge; no further details on the nature of the allegation or any arrests were given on the air.

Grand Island · Bedell Road · Hot EMS Response

Yesterday at 5:06 PM, Grand Island Fire dispatch put out a hot EMS response to an apartment complex off Grand Island Boulevard at 2135 Bedell Road for a 30-year-old man down on the ground and not alert.

A minute later, dispatch acknowledged some confusion over the exact location and advised that the patient was actually along the roadway running parallel to Bedell at the complex.

Clarence · Wexford Manor · CO Detector Activation

Yesterday at 9:20 PM, Amherst Fire Dispatch sent Clarence Center units on a second call for a basement carbon monoxide detector activation at 6055 Wexford Manor, off King Curran Lane at the dead end.

Clarence 9-2, mutual-aid unit Twin City 236, and Clarence 101 all responded, and fire crews cleared the call once 9-2 was on location.

Buffalo · Woodward · Gun Call

Suicide-Threat Call on Woodward Escalates Into Gun Search Near 7-Eleven

At 1:33 AM, Buffalo Police dispatch sent officers to 374 Woodward on what began as a suicide-threats call — a caller reporting that his friend, identified on the radio as Demario, “didn't want to live anymore”. Within minutes callers were describing a Black male in a black hoodie holding a gun to his own face at the address, and a dispatcher pulled additional units off a nearby run to assist.

A neighbor who had just gotten home called back minutes later to say the suspect, described as a Black male dressed all in black, had tried to take a car before running toward the 7-Eleven, last seen in a gray Dodge Charger; by 1:38 AM officers reported a car showing at the 7-Eleven and heading back toward Woodward.

Buffalo · Silo City Road · Injury Call

Falling Bricks Injure Two Tenants Inside Silo City Road Apartment

Yesterday at 6:47 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatch sent EMS Engine 1 to 80 Silo City Road, between Ohio Street and the dead end, for a person with an injury.

Ladder 2 took over the call for Engine 1 moments later, and crews on the radio described two patients inside the apartment who had been struck by bricks that fell on them.

Buffalo · Lafayette Hotel · Elevator Rescue

Lafayette Hotel Elevator Rescue Call Turns Out to Be an Allergic Reaction

Yesterday at 4:53 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatched Truck 5, Ladder 5 and additional units to the Lafayette Hotel at 391 Washington Street, between Eagle Street and Lafayette Square, for a reported rescue on an elevator stuck on the third floor.

On arrival, crews found the real call was a report of allergies, and traced a first-floor laundry-room alarm to a resident smoking indoors; when firefighters tried to recall the elevator to clear the scene, it failed to respond, and crews had to go looking for the elevator room instead.

Buffalo · Hayward & Tonawanda · Toddler Found Alone

Toddler Found Wandering Alone Near Hayward and Tonawanda Overnight

Early this morning, just after 3:47 AM, Buffalo Police dispatch relayed a report of a two-year-old boy found walking around outside alone near Hayward and Tonawanda, with a male bystander telling dispatch he would “wait with the child until he arrives” until officers arrived.

Delta units 513, 521 and 522 were sent to the scene, and dispatch confirmed the toddler was still with the waiting bystander as officers responded.

Cheektowaga · Route 33 & Eggert · Three-Vehicle Crash

Crash on Westbound Route 33 at Eggert Sends One Car Smoking, Draws Buffalo Fire by Mistake

Yesterday at 8:36 PM, Cheektowaga Fire dispatch reported a Cleveland-Hill motor vehicle accident with unknown injuries on the westbound Route 33 at Eggert, with one vehicle smoking.

Dispatch sent additional units 9-1 and 9-2 along with Cleveland Hill's Engine 2, noting Buffalo Fire had already arrived believing the crash was in their district before Cheektowaga confirmed it was theirs to handle, with police and AMR unit 518 also on scene.

Evans · Angola · Motorcycle Crash

Motorcyclist Unconscious After Angola Crash on Erie Road

Yesterday at 8:59 PM, AMR South EMS dispatch went hot to Angola for a motorcycle accident at 9359 Erie Road, with the motorcyclist reported unconscious as crews were sent to the scene.

West Seneca · Schiltz Road · Welfare Check

Medics Find Woman Unresponsive, Cold to the Touch, on Schiltz Road

Yesterday at 3:45 PM, West Seneca fire dispatch sent East Seneca's company to 33 Schiltz Road for what crews termed “the possible confirmation”; dispatchers told responding medics the occupant had last been seen that morning when she left for work and was now “cold to the touch, no response on any shape, wear or form”.

By 3:49 PM, East Seneca radioed that crews were “working a code” at the address, fire-dispatch shorthand for an active resuscitation attempt; no further update was given on the air.

Orchard Park · Edgewater Drive · Gas Leak Evacuation

Gas Fireplace Line Forces Evacuation at Edgewater Drive Home

Yesterday at 9:06 PM, Orchard Park Fire dispatch sent Hillcrest's crew to 45 Edgewater Drive for a report of the smell of natural gas inside the residence, traced to a gas line feeding the fireplace in the living room.

By 9:10 PM, dispatch confirmed the occupants had evacuated and that National Fuel [heard as "National Steel" on the recording] was en route with an estimated ten-minute arrival.

Jamestown · Newland & Forrest · Custody Dispute

Jamestown Police Called Out Over Fear a Woman Was Taken Against Her Will, Find Her Safe

Just after 9:21 PM yesterday, Jamestown Police dispatch sent two units to watch for a white Honda SUV near Newland and Forrest after a third-party caller raised concern that a woman — described on the air as the caller's daughter — might be in the vehicle against her will with another occupant; the transmission relaying the complaint was too broken up to fully parse on the air.

Minutes later, dispatch relayed that a man identified on the radio as Christopher Hinckley had taken the vehicle and was possibly headed toward Big Tree Road, while officers separately ran a check on a man identified on the radio as Nicholas Minnis. By roughly 9:28 PM the matter appeared to resolve: dispatch reported the woman standing safely in front of 1254 Newland, saying she had spoken with the "male half," who was “still in the area and going to be returning to that address to pick her up”.

Chautauqua County · Maple Springs · Water Rescue

Overturned Rowboat Off Magnolia Road Draws Dive Truck, Medics

Yesterday at 5:07 PM, Chautauqua County fire dispatch sent Medic 74, North Lake, Bemis Point, a dive truck and Battalion 4 to 4088 Gallup Lane, off Magnolia Road near MapleSprings, after reports of an overturned rowboat with a life jacket on top of it; the occupant made it to shore cold but uninjured, and no further medical response was requested on the air.