SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C.  20459

                FORM 10-KSB/A-1  Annual or Transitional Report

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2

  (Mark One)

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
    OF 1934 [FEE REQUIRED]

                  For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001

                                       OR

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)

                         Commission File Number 0-17580

                                 FIRETECTOR INC.
              (Exact name of Small Business Issuer in its charter)

           Delaware                                             11-2941299
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

                  209 Lafayette Drive, Syosset, New York 11791
               (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

Issuer's telephone number, including area code:  (516) 433-4700

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                     Common Stock, $.001 par value per share
                                (Title of Class)

     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. YES X NO

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of the Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements be reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB ( )

     State issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year: $19,927,000

     The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of
the Registrant, based upon the average bid and ask prices for the Registrant's
Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, as of December 14, 2001 was $1,432,543.

     As of January 7, 2002, the Registrant had 1,704,425 shares of Common Stock
outstanding.

     Documents Incorporated by Reference: None


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ITEM 13.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

     (a)  Exhibits

Exhibit No.            Description of Exhibit                 Page No.

3.1    Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as
       amended (Exhibit 3.1)(1)

3.2    By-Laws of the Company (2)

4.1    Specimen Common Stock Certificate (2)

10.1   Credit Agreement dated June 23, 1998  between
       Firetector Inc. as Borrower and Citizens Business Credit Company
       as Lender (3)

10.2   Form of First amendment to Credit Agreement dated October, 2000
       between Firetector Inc. as borrower and  Citizens Business Credit Company
       as Lender

10.6   Form of Lease dated February, 2000 between Casey Systems as Tenant and
       First Industrial L.P. as Landlord

22.1   Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Exhibit 22.1)(1)

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     (1) Reference is made to the correspondingly  numbered Exhibit to Amendment
No. 1 to the  Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-2,  Registration  No.
33-51472,  filed with the Commission on December 23, 1992, which is incorporated
herein by reference.

     (2) Reference is made to the correspondingly  numbered Exhibit to Amendment
No. 1 to the  Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-1,  Registration  No.
22-26050,  filed with the Commission on January 23, 1989,  which is incorporated
herein by reference.

     (3)  Reference  is  made to the  correspondingly  numbered  Exhibit  to the
Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the Fiscal Year Ended  September 30,
1998, which Exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.



     (b)  Reports on Form 8-K

                None

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                              FIRETECTOR INC.
                              (Registrant)

                              By: /s/ JOHN A. POSERINA
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                                  John A. Poserina,
                                  Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
                                  And Director (Principal Accounting and
                                  Financial Officer)

Dated: February 20, 2002