Annual Report 2010 - Falck

16 Falck Annual Report 2010 | Management review
Emergency
In the Emergency business, Falck strengthened
its leading position in Europe in 2010 and also
expanded into North and South America
• Established a presence in the United States as the thirdlargest
ambulance service provider
• Currently operates 121 ambulances in Brazil
• Successfully bid for additional 17 ambulance stations in
Slovakia in a tender process
• Won contracts for fire-fighting services at a military airfield
and a nuclear power plant in Sweden
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Falck is the largest international ambulance service provider in
Europe. With more than 1,200 ambulances, Falck treats close to
two million sick or injured people a year in nine countries. In addition,
Falck is the biggest private fire service in the world, providing
fire-fighting and fire-prevention services in ten countries.
In 2010, Falck established a presence as an ambulance service
provider in the United States through its acquisition of
Care Ambulance Service, which provides more than 150,000
ambulance responses per year for individuals and authorities
in California. Early in 2011, Falck also acquired the LifeStar
ambulance company, which provides more than 400,000
ambulance responses per year in six states – New York, New
Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Georgia – and
in Washington, D.C. Following this acquisition, Falck now runs
almost 600 ambulances and similar vehicles in the United States
and is that country’s third-largest ambulance company.
treats and assists up to two million sick or injured persons a year in nine
countries.