Around the Neighborhood Tier 2 — Williamsville / Clarence / Amherst
Developing · Working Investigation
Smoke On The Outside Of A South Woodshire House
At 18:24 Amherst Fire Dispatch sent units to "investigate smoke on the outside of the house" in South Woodshire, the area off Wehrle east of Harlem.[5] Two minutes later the call hardened into an investigative house fire at 265 Stahl Road, between South Woodshire and Wyeth, with Amherst PD confirming on the air, "There is smoke showing on the outside of the house."[6][7] Dispatch tone stayed methodical rather than urgent — no working-fire upgrade went over the air in the window — but units were on scene through the evening.
After Midnight
"Male Was Threatening Her With A Knife"
Princeton Court domestic at 01:23; subject gone on arrival, but a neighbor in 247 said the argument carried into the street.
Just after 01:00 Amherst PD started fielding calls from "people across the street" that things had gone outside at an apartment building on Princeton.[8] By 01:23 dispatch had a complainant's account: "A female said that a male was threatening her with a knife."[9] Address: 233 Princeton, with a corroborating neighbor at 247 saying the arguing was audible from outside.[10] APD walked the building, found nobody outside and no audible argument, and noted "domestic history in the building in apartment number 4 from last year, but nothing recent."[11] By 01:28 officers reported the subject had left the scene prior to arrival; a name (last name Jones, DOB given) was put over the air at 01:30, status: no charges at this point.[12][13]
Echo Response · 15:24
Echo Page At Hickory Hill Estates
Memorial Day mid-afternoon, Amherst Fire Dispatch went Echo (life-threatening) for an unconscious female down outside at 134 Hickory Hill Road, Hickory Hill Estates.[14] APD got there first and described "an unresponsive female that's down outside, unknown breathing status."[15] Central 9 responded; EC CW EMS transported to Sisters.[16][17] No follow-up traffic indicating a worse outcome reached the air.
North Bailey FD · 15:34
Building Evacuated At People Incorporated, 4146 French Road
North Bailey ran a general fire alarm activation at 4146 French Road — People Incorporated, between Villas Drive East and Sweet Home Road, with the company reporting at 15:34.[18][19] Daily 5-1 and others responded; by 15:36 Amherst Fire Dispatch had the all-clear over the air — "Let's clear North 8091, building is evacuated."[20] Reset by 15:41. Routine, but a building full of People Incorporated clients walking out on a holiday afternoon is worth noting.
Repeat Address · 19:57
"Plaintiff's Sister And Her Father Are Outside Pounding On The Door"
At 19:57 Amherst PD picked up a referral from a local hospital: domestic troubles at 306 Air Road, where the plaintiff's sister and father were said to be outside the residence pounding on the door.[21] The dispatcher noted on the air, "Looks like we're back here on night shift this morning for a domestic" — meaning this was the day's second visit.[22] By 20:00 the parties were separated; a female complainant was advised to stay in her vehicle. Names "Nicholas and Elise" came up on the air; a second party was being run through database checks.[23]
Overheard: The Wires Tier 4 — The Signature
FRS 20 · 17:26 · Pure Holiday Energy
"Toy Story 2, This Is Toy Story 3"
A pair of bored handheld radios on FRS Channel 20 spent Memorial Day giving themselves Pixar callsigns. Toy Story 3 raised Toy Story 2, got an unprintable response back, then volunteered "It's like shield days, man" before signing off with "Oh, guys, guys, thanks."[24] Identity unknown; vibes confirmed. (Editor's note: FRS is the slice of UHF where the rest of us pretend to be the cast of Top Gun. A 0.5-watt walkie can only reach so far, which is the entire charm.)
FRS 15 · 19:00 hour · WNY Ham Net
The Net Control Operator Was Grilling 24 Hot Dogs At Once
FRS Channel 15 hosted what appeared to be the local ham-radio Tuesday net (or its holiday-shifted Monday cousin), and the net control operator — call sign sounding like "WSPN 871" — delivered a check-in monologue for the ages.[25] Highlights, in order: a check-in from a station "exactly 68.2 miles away from the tower in Lockport," running a Tram Ghost Antenna with 3 dB of gain;[26] a digression about how Jen and the operator opened up their home to "maybe as many as 15 to 18 seniors" who play Pinochle at the senior center;[27] a stat dump of "24 film hot dogs" on a little grill in the parking lot;[28] and a closing observation that "cheap printers will give you nothing but a hard time. That I found out."[29] Subjects covered before sign-off: guitar strings, guitars, amplifiers, fly fishing, and chasing smallmouth and trout. A masterclass in the form.[30]
BFD Ch1 · 20:10 · Strictly Routine, Apparently
An Apartment, A Bed Bug Call, And A Plan For "Decaf"
Buffalo Fire Dispatch, in a moment that the on-air dispatcher seemed to find utterly unremarkable: "Caduceus flag, apartment 301 for bed bugs, we're going to organize service for decaf."[31] Whisper transcription, but the literal sentence on the recording. Decaf, in this context, appears to be a routing code — the bed bugs are real.
Delta Ramp · BNIA · 16:51 · Ramp Realness
"I'm Not Sending Numbers. I'm Taking Pictures Of This Wheelchair."
From the Delta ramp at Buffalo-Niagara, a flawless exchange in five seconds. Lead asks if the load is closed for Atlanta. Crew answers that Moe is "setting to the numbers now." Lead reiterates: don't send the numbers yet. Crew replies: "I'm not sending numbers. I'm taking pictures of this wheelchair. It's all done. You can take over now."[32] An entire genre of airline ops in three lines.
Amherst Fire Dis · 18:26 · The Lost Get Saved
EMS Echo'd Out For A Patient Who Was Just Asking For Directions
Twin City Ambulance got bumped to a cold response at 1691 Maple — Maplebrook Townhouse — for a reported lift assist needing "EMS, call Bravo." A minute later Amherst Fire Dispatch returned with the punch line: "Patient was lost, just looking for directions. No medical lead."[33][34] Cold response cancelled. Town saved a rig.
Marine 21 RX · All Night · Lake Ontario CMB
One Buoy In Lake Ontario Has Been Missing All Day And All Night
The Canadian Coast Guard's Continuous Marine Broadcast on Marine 21 RX dominated the scanner — 3,252 segments of the night, basically the only thing on between 22:00 and 06:00 — and somewhere in its 60-minute looping forecast, the same line returned over and over: "Point Abeno Light Echo Alpha 2, List of Lights 553.2, missing."[35][36][37] A buoy somewhere off Point Abino has drifted, and every Western Lake Ontario boater learned about it roughly 14 times in the dark. Editorial sympathies to the night skipper trying to sleep with the radio on.
Regional Blotter Tier 3 — WNY-Wide
Lancaster · 15:20
Smoke And Flames From The Roof Of 3615 Walden At Edwards
Lancaster FD District 1 was paged out on a structure fire at 3615 Walden Avenue at Edwards, reported as "smoke and flames coming from the roof," with a Twin District mutual-aid box (CD-136) struck.[38][39] By 15:39 Lancaster Command held the box, called the Twin District units back, and kept the Village units alone on the address.[40] A working room-and-contents at minimum, but it never escalated on the air past the initial knockdown.
Ransomville · 17:24 · ALS Priority
39-Weeks Pregnant, Contractions Four Minutes Apart
Niagara County Fire Dispatch sent Mercy Flight EMS-21 hot to 2863 Youngstown-Lockport Road, Ransomville, for a 31-year-old female, 39 weeks pregnant, contractions four minutes apart.[41][42] No follow-up segment in the window confirmed the outcome; the math, however, was doing its own talking.
Buffalo · 16:49 · BFD Ch1
DOA, Engine 3 On Scene, Police Have It
Buffalo Fire Dispatch, terse: "Copy, Engine 3, DOA, you have police."[43] The call originated minutes earlier as a female-hemorrhaging response — no address read clearly on the air, but the channel cuts indicate a Buffalo upper-East-Side address.
NYS Thruway · 15:45 · NYSTA Ch 4
"All Over The Road, Riding The White Line": Erratic Tractor-Trailer Eastbound
NYSTA dispatched a BOLO for an erratic tractor-trailer eastbound near Exit 49, called in by a passerby — black tractor, white trailer, "unable to maintain lanes, riding the white line multiple times."[44][45] A separate "vehicle fire" call on the same channel came in moments earlier and was disregarded; one Thruway unit (7420) cleared the original fire call out.[46] Editorial best guess: holiday-evening commercial traffic worth keeping out of the third lane.
Genesee County · 17:47 · Thruway Smoke
Smoke Showing Mile 403.1 Of The Thruway Eastbound
Genesee County Fire reported "smoke showing" at Mile 403.1 of the Thruway eastbound — vehicle smoke, not structure — on a second-time-out.[47] No further escalation on the channel.
Wyoming County · 16:18
MVA With A Motorcycle At 1560 French Road, Bennington
Wyoming County paged Medic 81 to 1560 French Road, Bennington, between Hoover Road and Hodge Road, for an MVA involving a motorcycle.[48] By 17:44 Medic 83 was returning from the hospital — patient transported.[49]
Other Calls Of Note
15:31 · NC FD Dispatch Lockport PD called for an EMS run at Outwater and Trowbridge — head injury, alert and oriented, U.S. Standard taking the patient on LC-Tech 11531.
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15:59 · T-Hamburg FD Frontier High School (4432 Bay Road) zoned out on a fire-alarm activation; mutual-aid full assignment current.
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17:54 · NC FD Dispatch 34-year-old female asthma patient at 791 Frontwood Drive, no relief from inhaler or nebulizer, ALS priority.
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18:11 · Amherst Fire Fire-alarm activation at
2235 Millersport Highway, Beachwood Homes — Quetzal 92 responding; gas-oil-units staged on Beachwood property.
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18:17 · BFD Ch1 EMS run to 533 Glenwood, upper unit, ill male with chest pain.
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18:18 · Amherst Fire EMS call area of One Capps Drive, Southwood Estates — possibly unresponsive male.
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20:05 · NC FD Dispatch 2-year-old female at 49 Jail Drive — high fever, vomiting, shallow breathing, ALS recommended on Tac 1.
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20:14 · GenCo FD 221 Washington Avenue — laceration to the head, time on 24.
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06:21 · Tonawanda (Schools) School bus dispatcher Lisa fielding the morning shift; first run noted at 5325 East Canada by 06:27.
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