The Sanitätspolizei Bern ( en, Berne Medical Police) is the emergency medical service for

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, Switzerland, and 38 surrounding municipalities with a total of 320,000 inhabitants. (''Site not found'') Despite its name, which dates to the time when it was part of the municipal police, the ''Sanitätspolizei'' is not a police force.

Administration

The ''Sanitätspolizei'' is part of the municipal administration of Bern, attached to the Department of Security, Environment and Energy. It is a fully professional organization with 150 employees. It originally operated from a central barracks on ''

Waisenhausplatz The Waisenhausplatz (Orphanage Plaza) is a plaza in the Old City of Bern, the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. It is on the edge of the Innere Neustadt which was built during the second expansion from 1255 to 1260, though the pla ...

'' in the Old City of Bern. Due to overcrowding, it relocated to a new headquarters in 2013. (''Site not found'') (''Site not found'') In addition to its emergency service, the ''Sanitätspolizei'' operates the medical

emergency telephone number Most public switched telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number (sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or the emergency services number) that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assista ...

service (phone no. 144) for the

canton of Bern The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...

, provides command and control in major emergencies, provides the medical service during big events and provides medical training to police and other emergency forces.

References

External links

Medical training website of the Sanitätspolizei Bern
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanitatspolizei Bern Organizations with year of establishment missing Organisations based in Bern Emergency medical services in Switzerland