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WILLIAMSON — On Friday, Dec. 6, Christopher Chapman, Paige Miller and Israel Varney, telecommunicators from Mingo County 911, successfully completed a APCO Emergency Medical Dispatcher course (EMD).

Emergency Medical Dispatch is a systematic program of handling medical, trauma and critical calls. Trained telecommunicators, using locally approved EMD Guide cards, quickly and properly determine the nature and priority of the call, dispatch the appropriate response, then give the caller…