Hamburg amplifies emergency response: Commencement of additional emergency vehicles slated for September

Hamburg Introduces Six New Emergency Transport Vehicles to Enhance Emergency Care

Starting from September 2025, the city of Hamburg will be introducing six new Emergency Transport Vehicles (ETVs) as part of a significant expansion of resources in emergency medical services. The new ETVs, operated by the German Red Cross and the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V., are designed to bridge the gap between classic ambulance transport and emergency rescue services.

According to the deputy head of the Hamburg Fire Department, Jan Peters, the introduction of the ETVs is a response to increasing demands in emergency medical services. The new measure aims to ensure that medical assistance requests will be served more effectively and appropriately in the future.

The ETVs are intended for patients who are not in an acute emergency situation. They will cover time-insensitive and non-life-threatening emergencies and patient transports, thereby relieving emergency vehicles in Hamburg's emergency services. The original content for this article comes from the Fire Department Hamburg, transmitted via news aktuell.

Each ETV will be staffed by two emergency medical technicians. One emergency medical technician per ETV will have at least 100 deployments as an incident commander. The new ETVs are projected to handle several thousand deployments per year, contributing to efficiency improvement and quality assurance in Hamburg's emergency care.

The new ETVs are part of the existing emergency medical services of the Hamburg Fire Department. The changes will take effect on September 1, 2025. Existing ETVs will be relieved of their duties in life-threatening emergencies due to the introduction of the new ETVs.

For further information, contact the Fire Department Hamburg at [email protected], telephone: 040-42851-5151, or visit their website at http://www.feuerwehr.hamburg.de.

The name of the first responsible person (Erster Responsible) of Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. operating the new emergency doctor vehicles (Notarztwagen) in Hamburg from September 1, 2025, is not explicitly stated in the available search results. However, it is clear that the introduction of the ETVs will significantly improve the care of emergency patients and contribute to the overall efficiency of Hamburg's emergency care system.

Hamburg amplifies emergency response: Commencement of additional emergency vehicles slated for September