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BURKE CO., N.C. — A new EMS station in Burke County is officially open.
County and state leaders attended the ribbon cutting Friday on the seventh EMS base in the county behind the Morganton-Burke senior center.
A crew of two paramedics will be stationed there 24 hours a day.
Our partners at the Morganton News Herald said since a temporary base was set up there in 2013 the county has cut response times by almost two minutes.
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