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Staff at the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center moved into their new facility in January.

This story originally appeared in the May 13 edition of the Citizen.

A few years ago, Canton Fire Chief Charles Doody’s niece dialed 911 because of an emergency with her then two-week-old daughter.

“She was choking overnight,” Doody said of the baby girl. “The dispatcher was able to provide CPR instruction over the phone to my niece’s husband, who kept her alive until we were able to arrive.” It turned out that the baby had been throwing up and had a blocked airway, which the EMTs cleared after arriving at the home…