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United Hatzalah of Israel was founded in 2006 with the merger of several small local hatzalah organizations. It has grown to become the largest independent, non-profit, fully volunteer EMS organization in the world, with over 8,000 volunteer medical first responders nationwide, and additional chapters in Panama [1] and Ukraine. [2]
Magen David Adom is the nationally recognized EMS organization of the State of Israel. MDA consists of approx. 22,000 volunteers and 2550 employees, Paramedics and first responders. The organization operates 166 stations with a fleet of over 1000 ambulances. The majority of the fleet consists of Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulances.
MDA has a dedicated medical emergency telephone number in Israel, 101. [4] The average ambulance response time in Israel is 8.3 minutes (measured from the moment a dispatch request is received to arrival at the scene of an emergency). Calls to 101 are answered within 4 seconds.
Hatzalah of Michigan is state licensed and regulated by the Oakland County Medical Control Authority (OCMCA). The OCMCA oversees all EMS personnel in the county. Hatzalah personnel are licensed EMS providers, who are further advised by a panel of doctors and have trained with fire and ambulance personnel to ensure continuity of care. [34]
A Hatzalah ambulance in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City A Hatzalah aircraft. Hatzalah (/ h ə t ˈ s ʌ l ə /; Hebrew: הַצָּלָה, lit. 'rescue, relief') is the title used by many Jewish volunteer emergency medical service (EMS) organizations serving mostly areas with Jewish communities around the world, giving medical service to patients regardless of their ...
Following the Abraham Accords, which were signed in September 2020 between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the Palestinian National Authority condemned any Arab agreement with Israel as dishonourable, describing them as a betrayal to the Palestinian cause and a blow to their quest for an independent Palestinian state.
Israel on the world map. Israel lies to the north of the equator around 31°30' north latitude and 34°45' east longitude. [1] It measures 424 km (263 mi) from north to south [dubious – discuss] and, at its widest point 114 km (71 mi), from east to west. [1] At its narrowest point, however, this is reduced to just 15 km (9 mi).
Map 1: United Nations-derived boundary map of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories (2007, updated to 2018) The modern borders of Israel exist as the result both of past wars and of diplomatic agreements between the State of Israel and its neighbours, as well as an effect of the agreements among colonial powers ruling in the region before Israel's creation.