The Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation does not cover noise from guns or fireworks. Explosions may happen at mines, quarries, construction and demolition sites, metal recycling facilities or defence facilities. Show Gun shotsIf you think the noise is from illegal gun activity, contact the local police station. FireworksIf you are not in an area exposed to lawful gun use, such as a shooting range, unexplained explosions may be caused by fireworks. Firework use requires a permit. This is controlled by local councils and WorkCover Authority of NSW. View a list of NSW councils Contact Workcover. By phone: 131 050 Online: enquiry form More information about fireworks licences ExplosionsIf you are bothered by explosions contact the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) or your local council to find out who is responsible for regulating the activity. Contact the EPA at any time. By phone: 131 555 By email: Defence Force sitesThe EPA does not administer Defence Force land but will liaise with the organisation on behalf of NSW residents if a problem occurs. You can also contact the Department of Defence directly and ask to be transferred to the base nearest where the noise was heard. We live just south of Delmar near Kingshighway (been here since Oct). WTF is with all the shots? Lately it's been really bad, literally almost every night. I think it's about 2-3 times per week, but my girlfriend says it's more frequent. Is there something I can do when I hear gunfire? Call someone? Report something? I mean we lay in bed, next to our open (as I'm typing this I just heard another 3 rounds) northern facing window, and we wonder if people are actually being shot or if someone is just firing into the air? WTF is going on? sorry /rant
Hello, I live in the Rosedale community, and every single evening (without fail) we hear loud noises that sound like explosions or gunshots (some are single explosion sounds and others are 5-10 gunshot type sounds). These sounds start typically around 6-7pm and end sometimes as late as 1am, and they occur throughout the evening. I hope they are not explosions or gunshots, but wanted to see if anyone else has reported this or if the APD was aware of what might be causing these sounds. They are very disturbing and loud. Thank you in advance.
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We have not had any confirmed reports of gun shots in the area. However, we have had many confirmed fireworks calls (exploding sounds) for the month preceding the fourth of July. It will probably last another two weeks unfortunately. We are doing our best to locate the violators.
There are no replies made for this post yet. “Listen for the cadence,” says Scott Beisner, a public-safety specialist for ShotSpotter, which has installed acoustic sensors in more than 100 cities to capture and locate where shots are fired. “When somebody pulls a trigger, they tend to pull it in a fairly steady rhythm until the end, when their finger gets tired,” Beisner says. A series of evenly spaced bang-bang-bang sounds is much more likely to be a gun than the more sporadic ba-bang, ba-ba-ba-ba-bang of firecrackers. When sensors record a gunlike noise in, say, Cape Town or Chicago, software analyzes it for the sonic signatures of gunfire, and within seconds Beisner and his team listen to those audio files and look at those recorded waveforms at their office in Newark, Calif. Confirmed or suspected gunfire incidents are then reported to the local police. If you live in a city with gun violence, you may have seen residents posting the “Gunshots or fireworks?” question to social media sites after they hear something suspicious. Even Beisner, a former police officer who has listened to thousands of recordings of both sounds, can’t always tell the difference. Pay attention to the intensity of each pulse. “With fireworks, you might have a small bang followed by a loud bang,” Beisner says. Multiple shots fired from a single gun will each be equally loud — around 140 decibels in the case of a handgun. A small-caliber gun, like a .22 rifle, will generally be quieter than a larger one, like a 12-gauge shotgun. From a high-velocity assault rifle like an AR-15 that has been modified to be fully automatic, you will probably hear more than two dozen shots in quick succession. If you notice any kind of whistling before the pop, “that’s a dead giveaway it’s a bottle rocket,” Beisner says. Sound waves reverberate and bounce off buildings, decaying along the way, making it very difficult for an ear to determine the location of a blast or to note which way the sound is traveling. A handgun shot can be heard about a mile away. At that distance, though, it might sound “almost like somebody tapping on a table,” Beisner says. In cities that deploy ShotSpotter, the company installs 20 to 25 sensors per square mile, to more accurately pinpoint the location of a shooter. Don’t assume that what you’re hearing on New Year’s Eve or the Fourth of July are fireworks; the weeks around these holidays also see spikes in celebratory gunfire. “People pull off a couple of rounds into the air,” Beisner says. “Remember that those bullets have to come down somewhere.” RICHMOND, Calif. -- Pop-pop-pop, a thunderous boom, or 30 seconds of rapid-fire cracks, but can you tell if it's gunshots or fireworks?Hopefully, you'll never find yourself asking this question. Being able to quickly distinguish gunshots from fireworks and react fast is just one more skill to keep you safe.We spoke with Alicia Moore, who works with the Richmond Police Department's Public Information Office, to learn how to distinguish the difference between fireworks and gunshots. Gunshots "Gunshots are very crisp and they have a certain timing or cadence to them."Fireworks"Fireworks are very loud, just like gunfire, but they are very sporadic. There is a lot of crackling, sometimes they echo and sometimes there is a whistle before the fireworks. You can see that it sounds kind of similar. If you close your eyes and imagine seeing beautiful fireworks, usually you can tell based on just the cadence alone."If you are still not sure if what you heard was gunshots or fireworks, Moore advises you call 911 and let police know you think you heard gunshots. VIDEO: Why do we set off fireworks on July 4th?  Why do we celebrate July 4th with fireworks? History of Independence Day displays goes back to Founding Fathers Report a correction or typo
In general, how you respond to an active shooter will be dictated by the specific circumstances of the encounter, bearing in mind there could be more than one shooter involved in the same situation. If you find yourself involved in an active shooter situation, try to remain calm and focused. Use these guidelines to help you plan a strategy for survival. What to do if you hear gunshotsIf you hear what sounds like gunshots or popping, immediately assume they are gunshots and don’t investigate. You need to quickly decide one of three courses of action:
Deciding on the best course of actionThe information below will aid in deciding on which course of action might be your best option:
Plan your escape routeNo matter what the circumstances, if you decide to flee during an active shooting situation, make sure you have an escape route and plan in mind.
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