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Carter County Rescue Squad fails to meet 911 deadline

By Robert Sorrell

Beginning Jan. 1, 2013, the Carter County Rescue Squad will be responsible for its own dispatch services, after it failed to meet a Wednesday deadline set by the Carter County 911 board of directors to reach an agreement.

The Carter County Emergency Communications District (911) board of directors met Wednesday afternoon to approve interlocal agreements with Carter County and the cities of Elizabethton and Wa