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ADA, Okla. (KTEN) — Emergency dispatchers are a crucial link between people who need help and first responders. That’s why April 12-18 is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week.

“I have so much appreciation for our dispatchers,” said Pontotoc 911 Manager Danny Manuel. “The dispatchers are the first link in the emergency chain of survival; they are so critical.”

Dispatch centers are asking people to show their appreciation by writing posts on social media or writing a letter to a newspaper editor to explain how a dispatcher may have helped you…