By David Seifman
NEW YORK — If a new Fire Department plan works out, every firefighter will have a chip on his shoulder — or near some other body part — capable of transmitting data to a firetruck and eventually to FDNY headquarters.
The high-tech plan is aimed at insuring that no firefighter ever goes missing, as occurred when off-duty and former firefighters rushed to the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Although GPS devices are now common, officials said the technology is just now being developed that would allow firefighters to log in and be tracked as they battle blazes.
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