[TheList] Volunteer sirens

Mon Feb 28 09:35:07 AEDT 2022

Until recently I'd been doing noise control for many many years.. we were always told that we wouldn't be sent to jobs for that.  The noise is measured by highly scientific tools called Left ear and Right ear (not by decibel measuring equipment - who knows where the idea came from that we'd use those, it isn't practical for starters) and so usually by time we arrived, the noise would have stopped.. and in any case we use our discretion.  However it's subjective... in my eyes a bar playing loud music at 2am is no different to a tractor outside someones House at 2am.  The tractor isn't as loud as the bass, they're two different types of noise... but to me both would still get a direction issued.  Others would see that, well... you chose to live near a bar/farm.. that's your issue.  

Local councils follow the RMA law, there's no law saying sirens are exempt or not exempt.  There's no requirement for us as NCOs to follow how the councils themselves specifically want to do things either.  Huntly and Ngaruawahia weren't silenced at night. I'm temporarily in Rangiora and it is. 
Richard 
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On 28 February 2022 10:19:50 am NZDT, Brendan Sheehy <shiters_r_us at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Some still activate some are set on a delay timer.
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>Just a question that came up in discussion a few days ago.
>It was suggested that volunteer fire sirens around NZ are now silenced at night due to local council noise bylaws.
>It has been ten years since I lived in a small rural town which had a volunteer station so I don't know if their siren still goes off at night or not.
>What's the situation? Is this correct?
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