User:Medic526/United Hatzalah

United Hatzalah is an all volunteer emergency medical first response organization in Israel. The organization was established in 2006 following the Second Lebanon War. The Winograd Commission pointed to the need for a nationwide reponse to challenges on the homefront including collaboration between the governmental, municipal, private sector and third sector/NPO entities. Prior to unification under the aegis of United Hatzalah there had been a numerous smaller regional, local or communal Hatzalah organizations each with their own administrative, medcial and logistics infrestructure. United Hatzalah currently fields over 1500 medics, paramedics and doctors in locations throughout Israel including a unit is comprised of Arab volunteers from East Jerusalem. Eli Beer is the chief coordinator and Zeev Kashash is the director. Its medical director is Professor Avraham Rivkind. United Hatzalah operates a fleet of over 120 ambucycles to respond to provide emergency medical first response.