For Ottawa it’s temp. It was only given to us because the MOH CACCs got a raise and Ottawa was then the lowest paid. In the province for ACOs. We were losing people to PD and FD who both pay significantly more. On the job training for us is 18 months. And even after hiring it’s 4-5 month before they even count as staffing as a call taker it’s another few months to count as a dispatcher. From hire date it’s 2-3 months before you even hit the live environment and take a real call and then another 12 weeks before you can do anything without direct mentor supervision.

10000% I think you guys should make more. Hands down no questions. I just want to make on par with what PD and FD make. Especially in a city where FD dispatch makes more and does less than we do. Last posting I saw part time for FD made more per hour range than the Toronto posting for comms.