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Tenn. first responders to get free H1N1 vaccines

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Jay Austin, a systems manager and paramedic, prepares a H1N1 vaccine for injection in Gallatin, Tenn., on Tuesday. The free vaccine will be available to the estimated 1,165 public safety workers in the county.

By Eric Miller
The News Examiner

SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. — A new mobile vaccination unit is providing every public safety worker in Sumner County with the opportunity to get free H1N1 vaccinations.

Officials from Sumner County Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Management Agency have organized a mobile unit that will travel to Gallatin, Hendersonville and possibly other Sumner County cities to administer the vaccine to public safety workers.

“We put in an order for 1,100 vaccinations,” said Mike Cook, EMS spokesman.

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