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		the_only_law on Nov 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Emergency SOS via satellite 911 operators are not volunteers, at least not to my knowledge.

criddell on Nov 15, 2022 [–]

Maybe not, but the people they dispatch often are. My hometown fire department is entirely volunteers.

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