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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Apr 25, 2014, 07:29 PM Apr 2014

FDNY removes 4 over response to deadly fire

Eyewitness News
FAR ROCKAWAY (WABC) -- A supervisor and three dispatchers have been removed from their posts following a fire in Queens that killed two children.

According to a memo from the mayor's office, a preliminary investigation found that EMS was not properly notified after firefighters arrived on the scene in Far Rockaway.

An ambulance wasn't dispatched until nearly 7 minutes later.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9516733

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