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By Toby Mohr Click here for updates on this story     CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wisconsin (WQOW) — EMS workers respond whenever and wherever they’re needed. But a shortage of first responders is putting a strain on many rural communities across the country and in Chippewa County. “Some departments are doing fine right now, and others are really struggling,” Ron Patten said. Patten is the fire chief and EMS director of both the Boyd-Edson-Delmar Fire Depa…