Four 911 call center employees have been suspended without pay for 30 days following a preliminary investigation into the Far Rockaway fire that left two four-year-olds dead last weekend.
A preliminary report on the timeline of events was released Friday by the city’s Department of Investigation.
The department has been looking into how ambulances were dispatched to the Far Rockaway neighborhood at the time of the blaze.
Firefighters say they arrived within minutes of a 911 call, but officials say an ambulance was not dispatched as soon as flames were reported.
A call center supervisor and three fire alarm dispatchers have been suspended for 30 days without pay, the maximum suspension available.
The two four-year-old children died of smoke inhalation after flames broke out just before midnight Saturday.
A union representing EMTs defended the response time, even as Mayor Bill de Blasio and other elected officials demand a review.
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