Excessive Siren/Horn Noise @ 6th Ave, Any Cause of Action?

Stand at the corner of Dean and 6th Ave for 20 minutes and you'll be guaranteed an assault on your ears. Fire trucks from the station on Dean St. pull out with blazing horns and sirens nearly twice an hour, sometimes more, and through the night. It seems extremely unlikely that they're using their sirens for emergencies only, and it's really hard to live near such frequent loud outbursts. Can anything be done? Are there any laws governing non-emergency use of emergency sound devices?

There are no laws that I know of, but there are likely departmental regulations that address the issue.

But there is "the law" that says we all want them to make as much noise as possible on the way to our houses when we call them, so they can be there as quickly as possible.

DH and I were wondering about the noise from this fire station just last week.

Your post is bringing back memories of working near a firehouse. Those trucks blasted out of that firestation several times a day with sirens and horns blaring. I think that you just have to deal with it.

I think I could teach a class on dealing with it by now, but I am curious whether there are any rules on the books about it. Like for instance, when a police cruiser turns on its siren, runs a red light, then turns it off and pulls up peacefully to its destination. You see it all the time. That's dangerous and a major abuse of their resources. Same sort of problem.

Maybe the cop was told via radio to "come quick to location A", and then told a few seconds later "um, nevermind, you are not needed."

But I'm sure there are instances when emergency vehicles overuse their sirens as well

http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/pr/2010/100410_5810.shtml

That was fast...

http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/Wire_News_Display.1392965136.html

source: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/pr/2011/040511_1811.shtml

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