Working Fire
Kitchen Fire at 24 Yale Avenue, Apt. B Knocked Down in Eight Minutes
Amherst Fire toned a full structure-fire response into Eggertsville at 19:31; first crews found fire next to a stove, no extension, and called it out before the second engine had finished laying line.
19:31–20:16 · Amherst Fire Dispatch / Amherst PD · 24 Yale Avenue, Apt. B, Eggertsville (between Niagara Falls Boulevard and Allenhurst Road)
The night’s loudest box came in just past 7:30. Amherst Fire Dispatch keyed up at 19:31 with a “Structure Fire at 24 Yale Avenue, Apartment B”[1], between Niagara Falls Boulevard and Allenhurst Road, and assigned Snyder the pump and Ellicott Creek the ladder.[2] Amherst PD copied the address back — “Window structure fire, 24 Yale, apartment B, 24 Yale”[3] — and the boulevard was shut down within minutes.[4]
Inside crews kept the call short. By 19:36 dispatch was reading “inch and three quarter, all hands working”[5], and by 19:39 the radio carried the line every listener was hoping for: “Inside crews reporting a still fire. The fire is out.”[6] Eggertsville mutual aid was paged up Allenhurst from Longmeadow[7] but stood down quickly once the kitchen was secured.
The post-call accounting at 20:15 told the rest of the story: “Fire next to the stove, no extension. 200 feet of hose was used, 5,000 to the structure, 1,000 to the contents.”[8] Scene was turned over to AFI 3 and Amherst PD; Ellicott Creek went back in service. A working Eggertsville apartment fire, all-hands knocked it down before the dinner hour ended, $6,000 in damages and an apartment that still has walls.
Two MVAs, Same Twenty Minutes
East Amherst Crash Alert at Klein Road & a Coventry Green Auto Hit at 8050 Wehrle
Amherst Fire ran two crash-alert pages back-to-back at the dinner hour — one at Covent Garden, one in front of Budget Blinds — both reported as auto airbag deployments with no voice contact.
At 17:25 dispatch toned out “a motor vehicle accident, 791 Klein Road, in Covent Garden, Nassau Place”[9], then minutes later announced “Carson Ball with air bag deployment.”[10] Two minutes after that, a second crash alert chimed at “8050 Wehrle Drive in front of Budget Blinds between Transit Road and Coventry Green”[11] — same call type, “crash alert with no voice contact.”[12] Amherst Fire instructed responding companies to “shut down traffic eastbound on Klein just before the lights.”[13] ASL 92, Snyder, and Twin City 223 (rolling from the 290 and Manning) all caught the page; Samrus 5 and Hairstyle 9 followed at 17:32. No on-air injury count cleared before companies went back in service.
Custody Dispute
White Jeep Wrangler Returns to 197 Sunridge; Dispatch Flags Prior Box-Cutter History
An Amherst patrol unit was sent to a Sunridge Drive home at 21:52 on a custody complaint that came with an officer-safety note: the father had been in the same call thread the day before, that time with a knife or box cutter in play.
The dispatch read at 21:52 was clean: “Guest at 197 Sunridge Drive on the left, the complainant’s child’s father is outside in a white Jeep Wrangler trying to pick up the 11-year-old daughter.”[14] Dispatch followed up immediately for the responding car: “Just to be advised, yesterday we had a call there, and at that time it was a subject with a knife. One of the parties threatened to have a knife, possibly a box cutter.”[15] Five minutes later, the officer-safety advisory expanded: “Cars for Sunridge, just be advised the male half does have gun history”[16]; a separate unit spotted a white Jeep Wrangler southbound on Sunridge toward North French — “Imperial plates on it... Ontario plates”[17] — but it turned out not to be the same vehicle.[18] By 22:06, the resolution keyed up: “Be advised that male has left. We’re speaking with a female now. Looks like more of a custody dispute.”[19] No charges on the air.
Mental Hygiene
Coworker Tip Sends Getzville EMS to 739 Robin Road for Mason Bozinski
A passed-out female and a separate self-harm flag for a named subject hit the same address inside three minutes.
At 21:43 Amherst Fire Dispatch toned “Getzville, EMS call 739 Robin Road between Walton Way and Robin Ridge Road.”[20] A repeat at 21:47 added the clinical update — “Female who passed out is now conscious and not alert”[21] — and Amherst PD chimed in a beat later with the reason patrol had been quietly added to the page: “They were notified by another employee that the gentleman that lives there, Mason Bozinski, wanted to harm himself.”[22] Twin City 242 caught the EMS leg; no on-air transport disposition before the channel cleared.
Natural Gas
35 Randwood North Drive Gets a Full Getzville Page for Kitchen-and-Living-Room Odor
Inside crews found no readings — the smell came from the neighbor’s gas meter.
Amherst Fire toned at 20:03: “Getzville, odor of natural gas at 35 North Randwood Drive between Summer and Drive. Wood Drive. One odor of natural gas in the kitchen and living room.”[23] Companies were marked “unseen” by 20:03:50[24] — meaning the call was being held back from a full mutual-aid box. By 20:18 the inside report cleared the question entirely: “Zero readings inside the house... The order from the neighbor’s gas meter.”[25] No incident, no leak inside the structure.
Manual Pull Alarm
Gateway Longview Cottage at 6350 Main Tones Up on a Pulled Box
Main-Transit FD investigated a general fire alarm at Woodham Cottage; inside report came back as a manual pull.
Amherst Fire Dispatch at 18:43 keyed “Main transit, fire alarm activation, 6350 Main Street”[26] — “Woodham Cottage for Gateway Longview between Sonam Way and Spindrift Drive for a general fire alarm.”[27] Four minutes later, the inside report came back clean: “Yes, reporting manual pull, we’re investigating.”[28] Holding with one engine after that; no fire, no smoke.
Pursuit / DWI
Navy Blue Lexus “Hitting the Curbs and Driving Off the Grass” Caught by NYSP at the Oaks
A road-erratic complaint just before 22:40 ended on Transit north of the village, with state troopers making the stop in front of the Oaks restaurant.
At 22:39 patrol radioed: “The navy blue Lexus that’s hitting the curbs and driving off the grass”[29], and a minute later the cars converging on Transit had the resolution: “That vehicle is now northbound on Transit, and the state police looks like they have that pulled over in front of the Oaks, Dave.”[30] Tow on the way; no on-air charge readout before patrol marked clear.
Domestic / Felony
Predawn Punch-and-Take Sets Off a Sweet Home Chase
A 2:59 call put a highly intoxicated male in flight after “punched a female in the face and took her keys”; patrol chased a tan vehicle through Sweet Home and Hartford before stopping it on Main Street.
At 02:59, patrol read the call sheet bluntly: “House, and punched a female in the face and took her keys. The male is highly intoxicated... We have lots of domestic history.”[31] Two minutes later the chase was on — “That just passed me southbound, so I’m going 65 [mph]... 10-4, southbound, Sweet Home”[32], “Yeah, I’m trying to catch up to it. It went down Hartford”[33], finally “I’ll be trying to stop it here up at Main Street”[34], plate “Lincoln, Frank, Edward, 3705.”[35] Stop made just before the Main Street overpass.[36] Identified at 03:16 as “Michael Rivera, born in 82.”[37]
Glass Smash
Bodine Square Resident Reports Loud Smashing on Front Door, Storm Glass Broken
A late-shift call to a Clayton-area apartment came with one operational note that everybody wanted on the air: the male inside is “known to arms up when knives.”
At 06:04 Amherst PD took the call: “Bodine Square apartment, Clayton apartment L Lincoln 6, actually five minutes ago heard a loud smashing against her front door.”[38] “Nothing was seen or heard”[39] when patrol arrived, but “the storm glass on the front door is broken.”[40] Three cars rolled. The officer-safety overlay arrived a minute later: “Yes, he does know and is known to arms up when knives. Were trying to find out if he’s still there.”[41] No further outcome on the channel before sunrise.
Domestic History
Midnight Domestic at 4525 Chestnut Ridge, Apt. 209 — Knife-Sharpener Threat From the Month Before
A female called in saying she had an altercation with her ex-boyfriend; the call kept dropping, and the address came up with an order-of-protection on file.
At 00:06 Amherst PD: “Domestic, 4525 Chestnut Ridge, apartment 209. Female on the line saying she had an altercation with her ex-boyfriend.”[42] The officer-safety note seconds later was a memorable specific: “I have domestic history, past two months, and just for officer safety, the male threatened the female with a knife sharpener last month.”[43] The line dropped twice before patrol confirmed the apartment was “intact, unknown weapons.”[44] An order-of-protection on file (“female half is the protected party”[45]) capped the file.
Pedestrian / Disorderly
Blue Savers Hoodie, Hat, and a Punched Hood: Walking Drunk Hits a Car
A motorist reported a white male in his 30s walking down the middle of the road who punched their car’s hood as they drove past.
Amherst PD at 20:36 read it in: “Apparently a white male in his 30s was walking in the middle of the road and punched their car in the hood when they drove by. It’s a white male, 30s, blonde hair. He’s got a hat on and a blue Savers hoodie. Looked to be intoxicated.”[46] Area check ordered. No on-air arrest.
Bicycle Accident
Nine-Year-Old at 162 Hendricks Boulevard Earns the Eggertsville EMS Page
A 9-year-old male took a fall off a bicycle in front of his Eggertsville house and ended up with facial injuries; Eggertsville and Twin City rolled.
Amherst Fire toned at 18:05 to “162 Hendricks Boulevard between Park Circle and Maynard Drive for a 9-year-old male who had facial injuries from a bicycle”[47]; the child himself was on the air a moment later — “I just fell, yeah.”[48] Twin City 212 came down Colvin and Hager, Clarence Davey responded.[49] No transport readout.
Lights Out at the Airport
“All of a Sudden, It Is Dark at the Airport, Isn’t It?”
A 22:50 power blip on the BNIA ramp put American Airlines on a 70-minute hold and a TPS shuttle driver in the dark mid-pickup — on a Genesee Street loop that, the driver noted helpfully, just looks “real cool” in the absence of overhead floods.
The shuttle channel was the first to notice. “All of a sudden, it is dark at the airport, isn’t it?”[50] a TPS driver radioed at 22:50, followed by, “Oh, yeah. Looks real cool, too.”[51] Then the operational version: “I’m hyping so the cops can see me.”[52] Over on the American Airlines ramp net, the same outage was a softer drama: “We got the power back... Tim, there’s a power back at the jet purchase down there”[53], “Katie just called me. He wants us to hold off until we know it’s going to stay on... It’s been set up for 70 minutes.”[54] At 23:58, B-N Ground was still cautious: “My current directive is not to have anybody go into any gates.”[55] By 00:14, an aircraft was down at gate 24 (“We do have 52-43 down on 24”[56]) and crews were getting back on board. Power held. The shuttle yard, for ten cool-looking minutes, did not.
Stadium Banter
“You Two Lovebirds Putting Instagram Pictures Out?”
The Sports Venues channel ran a commissioning test at 16:08; HMS Security supervisor Pat used the open mic to chirp about birds, selfies, and parking-lot photo etiquette.
The opening line was harmless: “You putting your Instagram post out?... You two lovebirds putting Instagram pictures out?”[57] The volley back was professional cover (“On! Green light is on!”[58]). Then Pat closed it out with the line of the day for venue radio: “Sure as shit don’t need you in the parking lot doing selfies.”[59] Murph signed off two minutes later with: “Cheers, Murph. And remember, we’ve got five other channels to use.”[60]
Hot Mic
DepewPublic Bus Dispatcher Opens a Friday Afternoon With a Three-Word Greeting
Depew Public Schools bus radio at 15:33 keyed up an open mic with a candor that the channel does not often welcome.
The transmission, in full, read: “You know this f-----?”[61], followed immediately by a clipped “No”[62] and a recovery “Hang on.”[63] The afternoon’s route resumed.
Radio Bleed
Maritime & Niagara Region Trunks Spend Hours Carrying What Sounds Like CHTZ FM’s Talk Block
Late evening into the small hours, the Niagara Region scanner trunk kept catching a Canadian talk-radio host running long-form commentary on drug policy, hydrants, and bulletproof masks — classic spectrum bleed-through, not a real transmission.
From 21:14 onward, CHTZ FM’s signal turned up segment after segment: “That safety navigation is better than 100%”[64], “actually translate into a 500-plant operation”[65], and the showstopper at 01:41 — “[these masks] are actually better than bulletproof masks”[66], followed by “which can come with fire when they’re installed electrically.”[67] No emergency content; just commercial radio doing its thing on top of an open-side trunk.
Allergic Reaction
149 Gaslight Trail: 45-Year-Old Has “Allergic Reaction to Shellfish,” Then “to Crab”
Amherst PD called it “allergic reaction to shellfish”; Amherst Fire dispatch refined it three minutes later as “allergic reaction to crab” with trouble breathing.
The patrol read at 23:26 was: “Running to 149 Gaslight Trail, 45-year-old Val [male], allergic reaction to shellfish.”[68] The follow-on EMS page from Amherst Fire two minutes later locked the species: “EMS call 149 Gaslight Trail off of Sundine Trail for a 45-year-old male and a possible allergic reaction to... [crab]. And is having trouble breathing now.”[69] Twin City 212 caught the run from Main Street.[70]
Coast Guard Cal-Reminder
Lake Erie: Mariners, Mark Your Mondays
The Coast Guard’s evening safety broadcast ran late on Marine 22A-1022, with a long-form notice about a recurring fireworks-and-races advisory.
The transmission noted “after the races, there may also be a reason to have an SIT,”[71] and continued: “This activity will occur on or around May 4th, 2026, each Monday evening from about 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.”[72] Lake Erie listeners: it’s a standing weekly. Cleveland-direction traffic was included in the safety pass.
Open-Mic Welfare
156 Cape and Boulevard: Daughter Cooking, Dad “Possibly in Talk,” Sword in the Basement
Amherst PD took a welfare/domestic in the village at 22:46 with one of the more memorable inventory readouts of the night.
Patrol read it back: “Four afters, 156 Cape and Boulevard, plain of the daughter, she was cooking and her dad, who was possibly in talk, started yelling at her and wanted her to leave.”[73] Followed two minutes later by the on-air inventory: “The plane says there’s no weapons, but there is a sword in the basement. The subject is upstairs in his bedroom.”[74] Crisis Services was already paged for one of the two welfare checks moving on the channel.[75]
20:01 · BFD Ch.1 Dispatch · 462 Glider Street, Buffalo
CPR in Progress for a 93-Year-Old at Glider Street
Buffalo Fire toned a full EMS response just past 8 p.m.: “That’s for a 93-year-old female. Cardiac arrest. It’s about for 34 and F-20. CPR in progress.”[76] Engine 34 and F-20 carried the response to 462 Glider Street between Sussex and Farmer Hill, then onto ECMC.[77]
18:01 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 4975 Strickler Road, Sisters of St. Joseph
95-Year-Old Female, Not Alert, at Sisters of St. Joseph
“4975 Strickler Road at the Sisters of St. Joseph’s, Main and Winding Lane. 95[-year-old] female, not alert.”[78] Clarence 8 responded with Twin City 227[79]; no on-air transport disposition.
16:23 · NC FD Dispatch · 216 Bay Avenue, Tonawanda
Tonawanda Patrol Requests Evaluation of Male in 40s, “Took Prescription Medications”
Niagara County Fire Control toned at 16:23 on a possible overdose: “Request the evaluation of a male in his 40s, possible overdose, BLS standard... TPD 216 Bay Avenue... Patrol request the evaluation of Alanis Fortes. Claims to have taken prescription medications.”[80] 18M7 responding.[81] No on-air outcome.
18:03 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 6348 Woodland Drive, East Amherst
78-Year-Old Male, Bleeding From a Right-Groin Surgery Incision
“EMS call 6348 Woodland Drive between the Dead End and Morningwood Drive for a 78-year-old male who has bleeding from a right groin surgery incision.”[82] East Amherst 9-1 on scene at 18:04.[83]
02:13 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 5275 Green Valley Drive, Clarence
92-Year-Old Male, Clarence Center EMS Mid-Overnight
Clarence Center FD’s overnight echo: “Center is on call EMS 5275 Green Valley Drive in Mayfield Court in Ashford Court for a 92-year-old male.”[84] Twin City 244 caught the transport leg.[85]
03:48 · NC FD Dispatch · 149 Avenue, in Front of Harley-Davidson, North Tonawanda
36-Year-Old Male, “Extreme Dizziness,” In the Lot at Harley-Davidson
NC Fire Control to North Tonawanda Engine 6: “Cover for truck 1, second EMS call 149 Avenue, in front of Harley-Davidson, 36-year-old male, extreme dizziness.”[86] BLS standard NTF dispatched at 03:48.
05:47 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · East Mayfair Road at Barbary Lane
88-Year-Old Female, Difficulty Breathing, Dawn Page to Snyder
“Raider Squad 2, EMS, 25 East Mayfair Road, seeing the dead end in Barbary Lane, for an 88-year-old female having difficulty breathing.”[87] Snyder 7 on location 5:59.[88]
Other Calls of Note
- 20:38 · Lancaster FD — All units holding with Chief Salone for 4781 Transit Road; companies remained or returned to quarters.[89]
- 18:13 · Amherst PD — Shoplifter in custody at Tops, 3500 Main Street, one female; possible trespass pending.[90]
- 22:50 · Amherst PD — 162 Huxley, male checking car doors fled toward Kings; area check only, complainant did not want contact.[91]
- 20:22 · Amherst PD — Spectrum truck vs. white Nissan Murano accident in the driveway pulling into Dodge Elementary School, 1970 Dodge Road.[92]
- 20:58 · Amherst PD — Driver from a Niagara County accident broke down inside Amherst; tow on the way.[93]
- 20:21 · BFD Ch.1 — 20-year-old male passed out, injuries, 104 Maryland Street.[94]
- 17:00 · BFD Ch.1 — Caller stuck on the southern floor in Elevator 1 at 865 Michigan between Goodell and Virginia.[95]
- 22:24 · NC FD Dispatch — 500 Ward Road, 81-year-old female requesting lift assist.[96]
- 23:53 · Amherst PD — Neighbor dispute, 410 Alberta Drive Apt. 4; “extensive history with the male subject... mental over the last two years.”[97]
- 18:05 · Amherst Fire — 1 Albion Avenue off Adrian, 40-year-old male EMS; Eggertsville responded.[98]
- 00:54 · Amherst Fire — East Amherst Squad 2 to 8264 Walnut Creek Lane for a 73-year-old female with difficulty.[99]
- 03:29 · NC FD Dispatch — 872 Thomas Fox Drive East, 18-year-old female fell out of bed, head bleeding (initial dispatch said 2-year-old; corrected on the air).[100]