Emergency units sirens

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Dear South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,

Please consider this request under the Freedom of Information act.

For each question please answer for: Ambulance, Car, Motor Bike.

1/ Is the volume / loudness of your emergency response units sirens adjustable?

2/ If so what are the units of volume (High, Medium, Low or 1 to 10 etc)

3/ If so are they set centrally, by a maintenance function or by the driver

4/ If so if there is a default or recommended setting what is it (Both in the units from question 2 and in decibels)

5/ If the answer to question one is No what is the volume of the siren in Decibels

Yours faithfully,

J G King

Information Governance, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear J G King

 

Thank you for your request for information regarding sirens which we
received on 27 January 2016.

 

We will deal with this request in accordance with your right of access to
information we hold under the Freedom of Information Act and I attach a
leaflet containing further information about both your rights and our
obligations under this legislation. You will see from this that we are not
obliged to generate information we do not already hold in order to provide
what we are asked for, such as by collating data or formulating direct
answers to questions, but you are entitled to receive copies of records
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We will research the information you have requested and we will respond
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Debbie

 

Debbie Bridge | Information Governance Manager

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

 

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Dear J G King,

 

I refer to our acknowledgement on 28 January 2016 of your request for
information regarding sirens under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act.  We are able to provide the following information:

 

We are aware that  due to the format of our standard FOI response where
the information is tabled as part of the body of an email these can come
out a little strangely on the What Do They Know website so I have also
attached the response in a word document for your convenience.

 

Information requested Our Response

 
1. Is the volume / loudness of your No
emergency response units sirens
adjustable?
2. If so what are the units of volume Not applicable
(High, Medium, Low or 1 to 10 etc)
3. If so are they set centrally, by a Not applicable
maintenance function or by the driver
4. If so if there is a default or Not applicable
recommended setting what is it (Both
in the units from question 2 and in
decibels)

 
5 If the answer to question one is No All sirens have a soft start where
what is the volume of the siren in they begin quietly and build up to
Decibels the maximum noise level, this is not
adjustable.

 

RRV (Rapid Response Vehicle) =
 103db

Ambulance =  123db

 

 

Please note that, under the Re-use of Public Sector Information
Regulations, if you wish to publish or otherwise use this information
besides for your own means, you will need to seek our permission to do so.

 

Please feel free to contact me if you require further clarification of the
information provided, or to discuss any aspect of the way in which we have
responded to your request. 

 

However, if you are dissatisfied with our response, you also have the
right to make use of the following complaints procedures:

 

In the first instance you may write to the Chief Executive of this Trust

 

Mr Ken Wenman

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Abbey Court

Eagle Way

Exeter  EX2 7HY

 

Mr Wenman will then either make arrangements for your complaint to be
reviewed and for the outcome to be communicated to you, or will convene a
panel of Trust Directors to consider an appeal against a decision to
withhold information.

 

If you are unhappy with the response to your complaint, or findings of the
Panel, you can contact the Information Commissioner at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,                                 

Wilmslow,

Cheshire.  SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 01625 545 700

Fax: 01625 524 510

 

 

Regards

 

Debbie

 

Debbie Bridge | Information Governance Manager

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

 

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