Cetam Vs Urgence Santé

It seems as though many of you do not know how the ambulance service works in your community. There are several companies in Quebec who run the Ambulance service depending on where you live. I`m going to talk about the two I was debating working for Cetam and Urgence Santé.
Cetam is a privately owned company, which means somebody owns it. It has many offices around the Montérigie:
Chateauguay,Delson,Valleyfield,Dorion,Rigaud,Ormstown,St-Chrysostome and Greenfield Park. There are more differences then just territory, equipment is also different. Cetam uses a newer type of stair chair which is incredible, the Monitor is different, they use a Lifepak, they don`t have as many Cube ambulances and mostly use Mirages. They don`t have as many calls as Urgence Santé, don't have as many employees, and Cetam is more of a family setting when it comes to it's employees. Everyone knows everyone and they all seem to be friends.
Urgence Santé. They're owned by the Government of Quebec. They are the largest ambulance service in Quebec, and cover Montreal and Laval. Urgence Santé uses the older stair chair that isn`t as good, and use the Zoll monitor. They have GPS in they're ambulances and use Cube trucks. They have people hired to clean and re-stock your ambulance,and mechanic's that work full-time to repair the ambulances. They have a higher call volume, and more employees, so not everyone knows everyone.
Where I chose to work:
CETAM: I decided to work at Cetam because I've enjoyed it immensely so far. Both Urgence Santé and CETAM have they're up sides and down sides. The main thing is the hiring process at Urgence Santé takes up to three months where at Cetam in can take a few days. Once I graduate I don't feel like waiting 3 months before I start getting paid. I won't have to cross that damned Mercier Bridge everyday to get to work, or sit in traffic while I work as well. At Cetam they have internet, and TV and pool tables in the office so when there's no calls you have a place to hang out. At Urgence Santé they don't have a place to hang out so you're out all day sitting in the Ambulance.
At Cetam you have to clean and re-stock your own Ambulance, you don't see as many calls, or as interesting calls as you would in Montreal. The people at CETAM seem to enjoy their job more then the people at Urgence Santé on average, the traffic, the violence, the long waits at the hospitals, the homeless people, and the ''B.S'' calls, and the high call volume take a toll on a Paramedic and they get burnt out quicker at Urgence Santé. I really really want to work with my Dad, and Richard (both of whom work at Urgence Santé) I really want to be ALS (Advanced Life Support) one day, or perhaps a Swat Medic, all of which is only at Urgence Santé right now. But I decided to start at Cetam, finish my probation at Cetam then see where I am, I'm a little sad that I can't start working with my father right away, but perhaps it's a good way to build a name of my own, and not just be known as Gary's son. Though my father has never pushed me, or put pressure on me in any way, I would put it upon myself, he is such a legend at Urgence Santé that I would feel pressured to serve the name McHugh with pride.
So I will spend a year a Cetam then see where the world takes me. The great thing about the job is everywhere needs Paramedics. So perhaps one day I will hop on a plane to live and work in Hawaii......