Did you know that the International Association of Fire Fighters has an official position against cell towers on fire stations?

“Fire department facilities, where fire fighters and emergency response personnel live and work are not the proper place for a technology which could endanger their health and safety…..”  IAFF website.

Cell Tower Radiation Health Effects

“The International Association of Fire Fighters’ position on locating cell towers commercial wireless infrastructure on fire department facilities, as adopted by its membership in August 2004 (1), is that the IAFF oppose the use of fire stations as base stations for towers and/or antennas for the conduction of cell phone transmissions until a study with the highest scientific merit and integrity on health effects of exposure to low-intensity RF/MW radiation is conducted and it is proven that such sitings are not hazardous to the health of our members.”

More on this topic from the Environmental Health Trust …….

And from Physicians For Safe Technology ….. “Firefighters fighting fires….and now cell towers.”

“A Cautionary Tale From Firefighters of California Fighting Cell Towers on Stations” article by Susan Foster.



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