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DD Form 2214 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2214, Noise Survey, January 2000. Stated purpose: Noise Survey. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 66 fillable fields.
Pdf serves as the base format. In the fillable variant, each box is an interactive field that holds typed text inside the document. In the flat printable variant, no fields exist — the page prints as a blank to be completed by hand. Typed entries survive transmission; handwriting does not always survive scanning.
Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.
What the form asks for
- 1. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 2. Type. Enter 1 if initial survey, 2 if re-survey, or 3 if other.
- d. Last electroacoustic calibration date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 4. Microphone. a. Manufacturer.
- b. Model.
- c. Serial number.
- d. Last electroacoustic calibration date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5. Calibrator. a. Manufacturer.
- b. Model.
- c. Serial number.
- 3. Sound level meter. a. Manufacturer.
- b. Model.
- c. Serial number.
- d. Last electroacoustic calibration date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6. Wind screen. Press space bar to mark X in first box if used, second box if not used.
- 7. Measurements obtained: X first box if indoors, second box if outdoors.
- 8. Description of areas or duties where noise survey conducted.
- 9. Primary source of noise.
- 10. Secondary source of noise.
- 12. Protection required. X first box if none (less than 85 dBA), second box if plug or muff (85-108), third box if plug and muff (108-118), or fourth box if plug, muff, and time limit (greater than 118).
- 11. Sound level data. a. Location, line 1.
- b. Meter action.
- c. dBC. (Sound levels taken with meter switch in C position.)
- d. dBA. (Sound levels taken with meter switch in A position.)
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2214?
- DD Form 2214, Noise Survey, January 2000
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?