The WNY Listening Post

Thursday, May 7, 2026  ·  P.M. Edition  ·  Window 02:57 → 14:57
Twelve hours of trouble — eyes on the wires, ears to the radio, fully reported.

Around the Neighborhood

Williamsville

Cardiac Call at Park Creek

09:25 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 408 Mill Street, Apt. 113

Amherst Fire dispatched an EMS run to Park Creek apartments at 408 Mill Street for an elderly female cardiac patient with trouble breathing and pain "going up." It is the village's most consequential medical call of the window.[1][2]

Williamsville

Bells Ring at the Methodist Church

11:09 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 5681 Main Street

An EMS call at Williamsville United Methodist Church on Main Street drew Amherst Fire just past mid-morning, with dispatcher Dean Holcroft repeating the address as crews routed in. Nature of complaint not specified on the air.[3]

Amherst

Smoke Detection Stirs Eggertsville

08:41 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 1789 Eggert Road

A first-floor smoke detection on Eggert Road between Adrian Avenue and Rosedale touched off a fire alarm activation in Eggertsville. Fire crews investigated; no working fire was confirmed on the air.[4]

Amherst

Natural Gas Order at 9 Delta Road

14:15 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 9 (and 149) Delta Road

Amherst Fire requested a natural gas response to a Delta Road residence in the early afternoon. The dispatcher's repeat oddly tagged the address as "Charlotte, New Jersey," likely a Whisper transcription error rather than a routing mistake.[5][6]

Amherst

Nurse Calls EMS to Amherst Middle School

14:17 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 55 Kings Highway

An EMS call out of the Amherst Middle School nurse's office, between Berryman Drive and Washington Highway, was dispatched late in the window. Patient details were not broadcast on the channel.[7]

East Amherst

Children's Psychiatry Clinic — Adult Patient

14:21 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 1404 Sweet Home Road, Suite 7

North Bailey Fire and EMS were called to the Children's Psychiatry Clinic at 1404 Sweet Home Road for a 53-year-old female employee, between Runch and Chestnut Ridge roads.[8]

Akron

Echo Response Climbs to Mutual Aid

07:40–07:52 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 67 Cedar Street

An Akron EMS Echo response — the highest acuity tier, indicating a life-threatening event — was dispatched to 67 Cedar Street, between Morgan Street and the Ice Cream Plaza. Twelve minutes later the channel showed an escalation: dispatch noted "I just had mutual aid for more manpower for an EMS call for a cardiac arrest" at the same address. Pattern is consistent with a sustained resuscitation effort.[9][10]

Amherst Village

Pre-Dawn Domestic — "Boyfriend Physically Fighting"

04:33 · Amherst PD

An Amherst PD radio caller advised: "Your boyfriend is physically fighting. No weapons. Pause to stand up." Dispatch notes the history pulled from "apartment number two, but our complainant wasn't exactly sure which apartment when we asked." A vehicle exit was observed: "are outside now possibly getting into a vehicle." Cleared as a domestic later in the day.[11][12][13]

East Amherst

Cardiac Arrest at Oakbrook Drive

03:40 · Amherst PD · 55 Oakbrook Drive, Apt. J

Pre-dawn EMS reported a 78-year-old male in cardiac arrest at 55 Oakbrook Drive, Apt. J, with "possible confirmation" — radio shorthand suggesting a downgrade may have followed.[14]

Overheard: The Wires

What the…?!

"There's No I in Fame"

07:29 · Simulcast · BNIA Vans

"We've got to help each other out. We're in a hall of fame. There's no I in fame."

A BNIA paratransit driver thanks a colleague named Marvin for help, then offers it back: "Marvin, if you need any help with economy, just let me know, brother. I got you." The conversation peaks with what appears to be a heartfelt mid-shift maxim, accidentally minted on the simulcast: there is, in fact, no I in fame. Linguists may have notes.[15][16]

Animals on the Loose

An Injured Goose Stops Traffic on Transit

06:12 · Amherst PD · 8290 Transit Road

"You can check on the injured goose in the roadway on target 8290 Transit," an Amherst PD voice radioed at dawn. The 8290 block of Transit sits at the Clarence/Newstead seam. No update on the goose's condition was broadcast. WNY drivers are encouraged to slow for waterfowl regardless.[17]

Exclusive

"Is Your Rat's Name Shumi?"

05:29 · Site · American Airlines Ramp

"Is your rat's name Shumi?"

An American Airlines ramp agent at BNIA, mid-shift small talk, posed the question of the day to a colleague over the gate radio. No follow-up on Shumi's pedigree, location, or vermin-classification status was broadcast. We'll keep listening.[18]

Developing

Grimsby Gas Crisis Grips Sharp Bus Line

07:15 → 10:39 · Can. Transport · SharpBusLine

A bewildered Sharp Bus Line driver in southern Ontario reported a stricken coach: "He says get another bus because he has no idea right now. We checked all the fuses and everything." Three hours later, on the same channel, the same crew lamented: "I'm at one quarter tank left and I've never filled up in Grimsey." A spirited tour of Ontario's Niagara fringe ensued. Dispatch later instructed: "Pull up to one of the bays when you get back to base, please." A cracked-up bus and a quarter tank — the small drama of bus life.[19][20][21]

Buspeak

"You're Supposed to Do a Post-Trip"

11:21 · Simulcast · NFTA Operations

An NFTA Operations dispatcher delivered a withering on-air correction: "Hey, well, um, said you checked your bus. Obviously you didn't. You're supposed to do a post-trip." The driver's audible date-stamp protest — "Right, but the date, I'll…" — was not received. Reference to a "lost or somebody left behind" item suggests a passenger possession was the trigger. Class is in session on the Operations channel.[22][23]

Shopper Alert

Vehicle — and Dog — Taken Mid-Shopping Trip

14:18 · Taxis · Buffalo Limo

A Buffalo Limo dispatcher relayed an alarming third-party report: a vehicle "with her dog inside was taken while she was shopping." Per dispatch, "Gallery security is checking the lot." The blotter never picked up the call on the police channels in this window — but the pup's status remains, on the radio at least, unresolved.[24]

Of Note

Camel-Clad Subject Caught Larkinville Eyes

08:31 · Site · Larkin Building Security

The Larkin Building's site security narrated an observation worthy of fashion week: "This white male wearing camel clothing." No suspicion threshold was articulated; the description, in its sartorial specificity, may have been more aesthetic than tactical.[25]

Identity Crisis

Tower Tech Doesn't Remember Climbing Near a SUNY

09:20 · Utilities · Velex Tower Service

A Velex tower technician, evidently being asked to verify a job site, answered with mounting bewilderment: "I don't even remember being near a school near this, like a SUNY Erie something. And I'm like, I don't remember being near that. So, yeah." A career working at altitude does not always include an altitude of certainty.[26]

Hospitality

"I'm Doing Window Handles on 12, I Got 10 Rooms"

10:31 · Niagara Region · Embassy Control

A status report from an Embassy Suites housekeeper, called in over the Embassy Control channel, painted a picture of late-morning maintenance at an Ontario property: window handles, twelfth floor, ten rooms in front of her. Pair this with a shuttle dispatcher requesting "a ride through our motor please" — the rest of the day was ordinary hotel-radio music.[27]

Public Works

A Front Tire Sinks in Tonawanda

05:19 · Schools (Erie) · DepewPublic

A Depew sanitation crew (working public works, on a school-district shared channel) reported a truck "off to a front tire sinking in" at 440 Northwood Drive in Tonawanda — "so it might have to be either pulled up or moved to a different spot." Earlier the same crew had been talking through a tricky access path — "drive over the canal" — that hinged on remembering "that pole, you know?" The morning's driveway diplomacy had texture.[28][29]

Regional Blotter

Buffalo

Smoke Reported Inside Glenwood Avenue Structure

09:12 · BFD Ch.1 Dispatch · 390 Glenwood Avenue

Buffalo Fire Engine 343 was sent to 390 Glenwood Avenue (between Brooklyn and Storrs) for "smoke in the structure." A subsequent transmission noted ambient wires were "just telephone and cable wires," suggesting the fire was contained or unconfirmed. No working fire declared on the air.[30][31]

Buffalo

Male Stabbed in the Leg — PD Requested

14:24 · BFD Ch.1 Dispatch

"Report of a male stabbed in the leg. PD has been requested. You are to stage for police." Buffalo Fire/EMS held until BPD secured the scene; the address was not repeated on the air during this window.[32]

Lockport

Manpower Call at South Lockport Fire Alarm

14:01 → 14:07 · NC Fire Dispatch · 5200 Murphy Road

Niagara County Fire Control repeated an alarm activation at 5200 Murphy Road, between Campbell and the next cross-street, for South Lockport Fire — initially "no smoke or fire showing" per the homeowner, then escalated six minutes later with a manpower request. No working fire was declared, but the second page indicated more than a routine accidental.[33][34]

Other Calls of Note

  • 03:05 · Niagara County: EMT request for a 55-year-old patient with breathing trouble — Johnsburg.[35]
  • 06:10 · Springville-East FD: Mercy EMS to 123 Deer Run, Crater Ridge — 72-year-old male, fall, struck head on metal railing.[36]
  • 07:19 · East Aurora FD: Assistance request, 710 Quaker Road, Trinity Park Apartments.[37]
  • 08:58 · Niagara County: 76-year-old male collapsed earlier, weak, cancer patient — 276 Edgewater Circle off Richard.[38]
  • 11:06 · BFD Ch.1: Ill male, 10–30 feet, with note that "he's afraid of Marshall."[39]
  • 12:07 · BFD Ch.1: Activated commercial alarm, Level 2 response, 146 Virginia between 7th and Niagara.[40]
  • 13:27 · East Aurora FD: 84-year-old male ordered to ER by his doctor for a reported blood clot — 2301 Bowen Road, north side between Bowen and May.[41]
  • 13:36 · Cheektowaga FD: 91-year-old female fell, not injured — 24 Eden Lane between McFarland and the next.[42]
  • 13:46 · Niagara County: 46-year-old female seizing at Pinnacle Community Services in Lockport.[43]
  • 13:52 · Town of Hamburg FD: Family-requested mental-health transport, 535 South Park Avenue (adult-care facility), 77-year-old female.[44]
  • 14:42 · Niagara County: 27-year-old female, fourth pregnancy, heavy vaginal bleeding — 260 Garden Street Apartments, Lockport.[45]
  • 08:29 · Wyoming County: Perry FD — 78-year-old male, difficulty breathing.[46]
  • 13:40 · Orleans County: Third-party-called single-vehicle into a pole, unknown injury; Mercy Air requested.[47]
  • 03:47 · Cheektowaga PD: Alarm call, rear door at 3455 Genesee Street, "Oki Holder."[48]
  • 09:08 · Amherst Fire: Fire alarm activation, 141 Harbridge Manor (Main & Transit area), at Sodom Way.[49]

Sources — Audio Files Cited

  1. [09:25:42] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 09-25-42 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 09-25-49.mp3
  2. [09:26:09] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 09-26-09 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 09-26-19.mp3
  3. [11:09:30] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 11-09-30 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 11-09-36.mp3
  4. [08:41:36] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 08-41-36 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 08-41-44.mp3
  5. [14:15:19] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 14-15-19 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 14-15-23.mp3
  6. [14:15:36] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 14-15-36 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 14-15-43.mp3
  7. [14:17:35] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 14-17-35 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 14-17-45.mp3
  8. [14:20:53] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 14-20-53 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 14-21-02.mp3
  9. [07:40:05] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 07-40-05 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 07-40-15.mp3
  10. [07:52:48] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 07-52-48 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 07-52-57.mp3
  11. [04:33:12] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst PD — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 04-33-12 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst PD TO 04-33-15.mp3
  12. [04:34:26] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst PD — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 04-34-26 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst PD TO 04-34-35.mp3
  13. [04:35:34] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst PD — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 04-35-34 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst PD TO 04-35-39.mp3
  14. [03:40:45] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst PD — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 03-40-45 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst PD TO 03-41-00.mp3
  15. [07:29:40] Simulcast / BNIA Vans — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Simulcast\05-07-26 07-29-40 - Simulcast - BNIA Vans TO 07-29-46.mp3
  16. [07:29:51] Simulcast / BNIA Vans — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Simulcast\05-07-26 07-29-51 - Simulcast - BNIA Vans TO 07-29-57.mp3
  17. [06:12:45] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst PD — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 06-12-45 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst PD TO 06-12-52.mp3
  18. [05:29:37] Site / American — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Site\05-07-26 05-29-37 - Site - American TO 05-29-43.mp3
  19. [07:15:25] Can. Transport / SharpBusLine — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Can. Transport\05-07-26 07-15-25 - Can. Transport - SharpBusLine TO 07-15-35.mp3
  20. [10:39:52] Can. Transport / SharpBusLine — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Can. Transport\05-07-26 10-39-52 - Can. Transport - SharpBusLine TO 10-40-01.mp3
  21. [13:40:34] Can. Transport / SharpBusLine — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Can. Transport\05-07-26 13-40-34 - Can. Transport - SharpBusLine TO 13-40-38.mp3
  22. [11:22:04] Simulcast / Operations — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Simulcast\05-07-26 11-22-04 - Simulcast - Operations TO 11-22-12.mp3
  23. [11:22:42] Simulcast / Operations — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Simulcast\05-07-26 11-22-42 - Simulcast - Operations TO 11-22-46.mp3
  24. [14:18:52] Taxis / BuffaloLimo — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Taxis\05-07-26 14-18-52 - Taxis - BuffaloLimo TO 14-19-01.mp3
  25. [08:31:37] Site / Larking Bldg — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Site\05-07-26 08-31-37 - Site - Larking Bldg TO 08-31-39.mp3
  26. [09:20:32] Utilities / Velex Tower Svc — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Utilities\05-07-26 09-20-32 - Utilities - Velex Tower Svc TO 09-20-41.mp3
  27. [10:31:50] Niagara Region / Embassy Control — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Niagara Region\05-07-26 10-31-50 - Niagara Region - Embassy Control.mp3
  28. [05:19:15] Schools (Erie) / DepewPublic — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Schools (Erie)\05-07-26 05-19-15 - Schools (Erie) - DepewPublic.mp3
  29. [05:08:42] Schools (Erie) / DepewPublic — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Schools (Erie)\05-07-26 05-08-42 - Schools (Erie) - DepewPublic.mp3
  30. [09:12:10] Erie County / BFD Ch1 Disp — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Erie County\05-07-26 09-12-10 - Erie County - BFD Ch1 Disp TO 09-12-20.mp3
  31. [11:08:09] Erie County / BFD Ch1 Disp — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Erie County\05-07-26 11-08-09 - Erie County - BFD Ch1 Disp TO 11-08-14.mp3
  32. [14:24:32] Erie County / BFD Ch1 Disp — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Erie County\05-07-26 14-24-32 - Erie County - BFD Ch1 Disp TO 14-24-41.mp3
  33. [14:01:19] Niagara County / NC FD Dispatch — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Niagara County\05-07-26 14-01-19 - Niagara County - NC FD Dispatch TO 14-01-23.mp3
  34. [14:07:36] Niagara County / NC FD Dispatch — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Niagara County\05-07-26 14-07-36 - Niagara County - NC FD Dispatch TO 14-07-41.mp3
  35. [03:05:22] Niagara County / NC FD Dispatch — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Niagara County\05-07-26 03-05-22 - Niagara County - NC FD Dispatch TO 03-05-29.mp3
  36. [06:10:20] Municipalities / S-E FD Cntrl — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Municipalities\05-07-26 06-10-20 - Municipalities - S-E FD Cntrl TO 06-10-30.mp3
  37. [07:19:57] Municipalities / EAFD Dispatch — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Municipalities\05-07-26 07-19-57 - Municipalities - EAFD Dispatch TO 07-20-01.mp3
  38. [08:58:52] Niagara County / NC FD Dispatch — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Niagara County\05-07-26 08-58-52 - Niagara County - NC FD Dispatch TO 08-58-58.mp3
  39. [11:06:16] Erie County / BFD Ch1 Disp — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Erie County\05-07-26 11-06-16 - Erie County - BFD Ch1 Disp TO 11-06-23.mp3
  40. [12:07:22] Erie County / BFD Ch1 Disp — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Erie County\05-07-26 12-07-22 - Erie County - BFD Ch1 Disp TO 12-07-31.mp3
  41. [13:27:39] Municipalities / EAFD Dispatch — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Municipalities\05-07-26 13-27-39 - Municipalities - EAFD Dispatch TO 13-27-46.mp3
  42. [13:36:08] Municipalities / CFD Disp — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Municipalities\05-07-26 13-36-08 - Municipalities - CFD Disp TO 13-36-17.mp3
  43. [13:46:03] Niagara County / NC FD Dispatch — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Niagara County\05-07-26 13-46-03 - Niagara County - NC FD Dispatch TO 13-46-12.mp3
  44. [13:52:18] Municipalities / T-Hamburg FD Dsp — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Municipalities\05-07-26 13-52-18 - Municipalities - T-Hamburg FD Dsp TO 13-52-27.mp3
  45. [14:42:59] Niagara County / NC FD Dispatch — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Niagara County\05-07-26 14-42-59 - Niagara County - NC FD Dispatch TO 14-43-08.mp3
  46. [08:29:37] Wyoming County / WyoCo Fire 1 — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Wyoming County\05-07-26 08-29-37 - Wyoming County - WyoCo Fire 1.mp3
  47. [13:40:53] Orleans County / FD-EMS Paging — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Orleans County\05-07-26 13-40-53 - Orleans County - FD-EMS Paging TO 13-41-02.mp3
  48. [03:47:58] Municipalities / Cheektwga PD 1 — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Municipalities\05-07-26 03-47-58 - Municipalities - Cheektwga PD 1 TO 03-48-05.mp3
  49. [09:08:34] Amherst-Clarence / Amherst Fire Dis — E:\ProScan Recordings\05-07-26\Amherst-Clarence\05-07-26 09-08-34 - Amherst-Clarence - Amherst Fire Dis TO 09-08-41.mp3