Does anyone else hate Firetruck sirens?

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02 Jun 2014, 1:46 pm

Every time i go out and a firetruck is sounding its siren all loud my ears hurt and i get a real bad headache and have to cover my ears when it happens otherwise I freak out and want to scream and melt down. Does anybody else have this issue?

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02 Jun 2014, 2:00 pm

I hate Ambulance and Police Sirens. But some of the new fire trucks are sirens similar.... I think.....I actually liked the old fire truck sirens when I was a little kid because I wanted to be a fireman.

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02 Jun 2014, 2:03 pm

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I can't stand a police siren, but I actually think a firetruck or ambulance siren is a major stim to me. I used to work on an ambulance as an EMT, and going full code to an emergency while hearing the sirens blare, was a major adrenaline rush to me. When I hear it now, I immediately think of those times.

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02 Jun 2014, 2:20 pm

Any siren too close and I have to stick my fingers in my ears because of the loudness - the sound is so strong it hurts.

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02 Jun 2014, 3:10 pm

Yup, me too.

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02 Jun 2014, 3:47 pm

I hate the sound of Police, Fire, and Ambulance sirens. They are way too loud and hurt my ears.
I'm amazed that when one goes past that it is only myself who puts my fingers in my ears.

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02 Jun 2014, 6:35 pm

I hate all the sounds of industrial civilization.

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02 Jun 2014, 7:10 pm

I make an exception for them. They save lives. Unlike leaf blowers, chain saws, road drills, water blasters, motorists who are horn happy ignorant idiots, and other instruments of noise torture.

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02 Jun 2014, 8:02 pm

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02 Jun 2014, 8:42 pm

I absolutely despise them. All sirens. I live near a fire/medical station. It's constant. I get that they have to clear a path, but I think they could tone it down a little.

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02 Jun 2014, 8:44 pm

Ann2011 wrote:

I absolutely despise them. All sirens. I live near a fire/medical station. It's constant. I get that they have to clear a path, but I think they could tone it down a little.

You'd be surprised how much the horns and sirens are needed. A lot of people don't even notice them when you're right behind them.

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02 Jun 2014, 8:49 pm

eggheadjr wrote:

Any siren too close and I have to stick my fingers in my ears because of the loudness - the sound is so strong it hurts.

I've been thinking about this topic for a couple few hours, because there's probably been more times than not when I've had to do exactly what you along with many others have described doing. I think I was forgetting the fact that I had head phones on in the ambulance so the noise was heavily muted. Maybe the sound is a trigger to when I did the job. I was always really good in the emergent situations, but really struggled when I had to take care of people calling 9-1-1 for tooth/ear aches or sprained ankles. I tended to be very frank with them. "Why did you call emergency services today?"

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02 Jun 2014, 8:53 pm

perpetual_padawan wrote:

Ann2011 wrote:

I absolutely despise them. All sirens. I live near a fire/medical station. It's constant. I get that they have to clear a path, but I think they could tone it down a little.

You'd be surprised how much the horns and sirens are needed. A lot of people don't even notice them when you're right behind them.

But I think sometimes their use is gratuitous. Several times I have had ambulances following behind me in traffic normally, then all of a sudden turn the siren full blast and raise their speed. I mean, I get it. They're in a rush. But they've startled me so much it's almost caused an accident. I kinda get the feeling of boys playing with their big toys.

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02 Jun 2014, 8:55 pm

Anybody ever heard French sirens? You might like them better.

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02 Jun 2014, 9:34 pm

ritualdrama wrote:

I hate all the sounds of industrial civilization.

That's how I feel as well. There's literally about 4 or 5 ambulances that go by every day, a fire truck or two, and lots of motorcycles.

Sirens, motorcycles, dogs barking, big trucks going down the road, noise from the road, etc etc....I can't tune out any of the sounds around me. Part of the reason I'm up at night more than I am during the day.

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