Annual Report 2010 - Falck

18 Falck Annual Report 2010 | Management review
85%
In Denmark, Falck covers roughly 85% of the population with
its ambulance services.
Falck provided 438,590 ambulance responses in Denmark over
the course of the year, against 444,649 in 2009. For a growing
number of patients, treatment is handled on site by ambulance
rescue staff, paramedics or doctors.
Falck ambulances have also provided services to individuals and
the authorities in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium and Poland
for a number of years.
In 2010, Falck won a contract in Germany for the delivery of
both fire and emergency services to a large railway-tunnel project.
Falck has set up a German organisation aimed at tendering
for the ambulance contracts expected to be offered in Germany
in the next few years.
In Saudi Arabia, Falck provided crew for air ambulance helicopters
in collaboration with the Red Crescent. The project
included rescue staff from Denmark, the United Arab Emirates,
Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden and South Africa.
In its fire business area, Falck operates and develops fire and
rescue services for large industrial customers. In Spain, Falck is a
leading provider of this type of services, not least to the nuclear
power industry; in Romania, Falck has contracts with large
petrochemical plants; and in Slovakia, Falck mainly helps the
automobile industry prevent fires and other accidents.
With the acquisition of the two US ambulance
companies, Care Ambulance and LifeStar, Falck
now runs almost 600 ambulances and similar
vehicles in the United States, making it the thirdlargest
ambulance company in that country