United Hatzalah’s strength is in our network of 8,600 selfless volunteers, including EMTs, paramedics and doctors.

Before receiving a medic bag and becoming a fully fledged first responder, volunteers must complete a 180-hour course, an additional 100 training calls and arduous testing to become EMTs. Always prepared, volunteers carry their gear everywhere, leaving work, school or even family at a moment’s notice to render lifesaving aid.

Our volunteers come from all different backgrounds, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze, Bedouin, both secular and religious, and everything in between. They are all united by a shared mission to save lives.