Use calm decision-making and computer skills as a Fire Dispatch Centre Operator with the Kelowna Fire Communication Centre. Work scheduled and relief shifts.
The Kelowna Fire Communication Centre handles emergency and non-emergency calls for more than 58 fire departments. Operators receive, direct, and dispatch calls while gathering essential information quickly and accurately. They communicate with first responders, monitor radio channels, and coordinate additional resources when necessary.
Key Responsibilities: Receive, direct, and dispatch emergency and non-emergency calls
Gather essential information quickly and accurately
Maintain communication with first responders throughout incidents
Relay updates and additional information to field units




Monitor radio channels and coordinate resources when necessary
Requirements: Positive computer skills and independent thinking
Ability to listen, multitask, and type forty words per minute
Excellent communication, organization, and judgment skills
Ability to work ten-hour days and fourteen-hour overnights
Physical ability to sit for long periods
Support emergency communications across regional fire departments through calm judgment, accurate information gathering, radio monitoring, and dispatch coordination.

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📌 Fire Dispatch Centre Operator (British Columbia)
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📍 British Columbia