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CHAMPAIGN COUNTY (WAND)- METCAD 9-1-1 is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 10th through the 16th.
The annual celebration recognizes and honors thousands of men and women worldwide for responding to emergency calls, dispatching emergency professionals and equipment, and rendering life-saving assistance to those in need.
Officials say just in 2021 alone the METCAD 9-1-1 Dispatch Center answered more than 281,000 telephone calls and dispatched emergency services for more than 122,000 incidents…