Gemeinnützige Ambulanz und Rettungsdienst

Gemeinnützige Ambulanz und Rettungsdienst (G.A.R.D.) is a German emergency medical services (EMS) provider based in Hamburg. It was founded in 1983 by Holger Jarmuth as Ambulanz Hamburg and renamed G.A.R.D. – Gemeinnützige Ambulanz und Rettungsdienst GmbH in 1992 after mergers with other companies. From 1985, G.A.R.D. held the license for emergency rescue in Hamburg as the only private company. In 2011, G.A.R.D. merged with promedica Rettungsdienst GmbH, and the merged company was acquired by Falck in 2013. Today, the company operates as part of Falck Deutschland GmbH, the German subsidiary of the Danish Falck Group, and is the top consolidation level for Falck's German EMS activities. It provides emergency rescue, patient transport, intensive care transport, intra-clinical transport, medical standby services, and EMS training. The company operates at over 65 locations across six German federal states: Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, and Brandenburg. Its Falck Akademie in Hamburg has trained rescue personnel since 2010, offering state-certified paramedic (Rettungssanitäter) and emergency paramedic (Notfallsanitäter) programs. The company is a member of several disaster relief and EMS associations. The managing director is Maik Golinski.

The company was founded in 1983 by Holger Jarmuth as Ambulanz Hamburg. In 1992, following mergers with other companies, it was renamed G.A.R.D. – Gemeinnützige Ambulanz und Rettungsdienst GmbH. Since 1985, G.A.R.D. held the license for emergency rescue in Hamburg as the only private company. In 2011, G.A.R.D. merged with promedica Rettungsdienst GmbH. The merged company was acquired by Falck in 2013. Today, the company operates as part of Falck Deutschland GmbH, the German subsidiary of the Danish Falck Group, and serves as the top consolidation level for Falck's German EMS activities. It operates at over 65 locations across six German federal states: Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, and Brandenburg. The Falck Akademie in Hamburg has been training rescue personnel since 2010, offering state-certified paramedic (Rettungssanitäter) and emergency paramedic (Notfallsanitäter) programs. The company is a member of the Medizinisches Katastrophen-Hilfswerk Deutschland e.V., the Bundesverband eigenständiger Rettungsdienste und Katastrophenschutz, and the Hilfswerk für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe privater Rettungsdienste Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V.

• 2014

  Falck Akademie begins offering three-year emergency paramedic (Notfallsanitäter) training.

• 2013

  Acquired by Falck.

• 2011

  Merger with promedica Rettungsdienst GmbH.

• 2010

  Falck Akademie in Hamburg begins training rescue personnel.

• 1992

  Renamed G.A.R.D. – Gemeinnützige Ambulanz und Rettungsdienst GmbH after mergers.

• 1985

  G.A.R.D. becomes the only private company licensed for emergency rescue in Hamburg.

• 1983

  Founded by Holger Jarmuth as Ambulanz Hamburg.

Private emergency medical services provider operating under public authority contracts, now integrated into the international Falck Group.

• Emergency rescue (Notfallrettung)

• Patient transport (Krankentransporte)

• Intensive care transport (Intensivtransporte)

• Intra-clinical transport (Klinikinterne Transporte)

• Medical standby services (Sanitätsdienste)

• EMS training (Ausbildung im Rettungsdienst)

1. 1Falck Deutschlandfalck.de
2. 2Falck Deutschland - Rettungsdienstfalck.de
3. 3Kundeninformation: Alles über Falcks Dienstleistungen im Rettungsdienstfalck.de
4. 4Gemeinnützige Ambulanz und Rettungsdienstwikidata.org
5. 5Falck Rettungsdienstde.wikipedia.org