One time I was walking down 34th st. and an army of trucks were coming down the street to a general alarm nearby.  First was Ladder 4 its Q SCREAMING (which was smart since its Q cleared all the traffic for the rest that followed),then the Ferrara high-pressure pump, Rescue 1 (which was the E-1 at the time), and a Batallion chief.  The Q sounded great to me, but the pedestrians were all covering their ears!!!