Around 23.30 local time military personnel blocked the Bosphorus bridges and sieged strategic points in Ankara including the Turkish national TV NTV. At current time, the coup is primarily limited to Ankara and Istanbul, where explosions have occurred.
Since the terror attack in Nice, Falck has followed the situation in France closely and we continue to evaluate the situation. The need for assistance and emergency counselling is now decreasing.
Falck Fire & Safety do Brasil SA has just signed a 3-year contract for airport rescue and firefighting services (ARFFS) to the Belo Horizonte International Airport with the option to extend the contract for one more year.
The rescue and safety group Falck is restructuring its business division Falck Safety Services. The move is in response to the global crisis in the oil and gas industry.
Addressing Falck employees all over the world, Falck CEO Allan Søgaard Larsen visits Falck’s Spanish crew who have been working around the clock the last four months to hire 900 new people and have everything set up for Falck’s new contracts around Barcelona to kick in.
By acquiring First Ambulance, Falck forms a strong partnership with an experienced local player to establish a platform for the expansion of an emergency medical services business throughout Malaysia.
Since the bomb attacks on Tuesday, Falck has followed the situation in Brussels closely. We have continuously evaluated the situation, and now after two days, we see a declining the need for Falck’s presence in the Belgium capital. Therefore, the crisis team will leave the city this evening.
Late Tuesday evening, a crisis team from Falck Global Assistance arrived in Brussels to provide information and support to Nordic travellers and expatriates who are in the city.
After the bomb attacks in Brussels Tuesday morning, Falck deploys a crisis team to the city at 17:00 to provide support and advice to Nordic travellers who are now in the city.
While Falck successfully increased revenue and strengthened its position in Europe and on the North and Latin American markets, the crisis in the global oil and gas industry affected Falck so harshly that the Group realised a loss of DKK 523 million for 2015 compared with a profit of DKK 218 million for 2014.
Falck has acquired the Lithuanian assistance company Atlas Assistance. “Another great step in our strategy”, says CEO Bo Uggerhoj, Falck Assistance
Falck will be providing fire and rescue services at the airport of Bodø, Norway, from August.
For more than a century, Falck has worked with local and national governments to prevent accidents, diseases and emergency situations, to rescue and assist people in emergencies quickly and competently and to rehabilitate people after illness or injury. This has made Falck an international leader in emergency response and healthcare services.
Falck operates in 30 countries and has approximately 27,000 employees.
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