by CHUCK BENNETT
The FDNY may soon get state-of-the-art tracking devices - thanks to the heartbroken dad of a firefighter who died in this summer's Deutsche Bank blaze.
Joe Graffagnino Jr., 33, succumbed to smoke inhalation on the 14th floor of the condemned building on Aug. 18.
His father has quietly drummed up support to equip every city firefighter with high-tech radio-frequency identification tags.
Chiefs could do instant roll calls with the palm-size devices and quickly locate downed firefighters.
City Council sources say a demonstration of the device could take place by year's end.
"If they'd had this technology, my son would be alive," said Graffagnino, 59.
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