About

About

Mission

We are a community-based volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization committed to providing the fastest response to medical emergencies across Israel even prior to the arrival of ambulances and completely free of charge.

Volunteers

United Hatzalah’s strength is in its 7,000 selfless volunteers. These include emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, and doctors, who are on call 24/7/365 – even on Yom Kippur!

Frequently Asked Questions

Want to learn more about our mission? Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about who we are and what we do.

Team

Meet the team dedicated to propelling United Hatzalah’s mission forward.

How it works

By combining a network of more than 7,000 volunteers, with the most advanced technology, and a fleet of emergency medical vehicles, we are able to respond to more than 2,000 medical emergencies per day in an average response time of less than three minutes, and in major cities, often less than 90 seconds. Want to know how, click here.

International Committee

Our organization’s funding comes entirely from donations. Meet the leaders from across the globe who help make our lifesaving work possible and form our International Committee Board.

Partners

United Hatzalah is proud to partner on our lifesaving mission with the following organizations and partners who help make our mission possible.

Contact us

We are always happy to hear feedback or be in contact. Please write to us here and someone will get back to you soon.

Jobs

Looking for a career with impact? Want to save lives in Israel? Discover new career opportunities with meaning right here.
Programs

OUR PROGRAMS

The Weisz Family IMAH Initiative

Provides widows across Israel with job training, certification, and placement in emergency medicine roles.

NREMT Program

Provides students who are studying in Israel an opportunity to train as EMTs and gain lifesaving skills with international certification.

Family Safety Program

Helping caregivers be prepared to act swiftly and competently in the event of a medical crisis.

Smart Giving

Donate a percent of your spending automatically through your Israeli credit card.

Families First

Providing the spouses of EMS volunteers with a social network.

Hospital Emergency Room Project

Working in ERs to help reduce long delays to patient treatment.

Corporate Social Responsibility Project

Enabling major corporations, organizations, and communities to offer training courses to its employees or constituents.

Camp Rescue

We joined with NCSY to offer unaffiliated Jewish high school students from the Diaspora the summer of a lifetime

Women’s Initiative

Training and empowering women from diverse backgrounds across Israel to volunteer as emergency medical responders.

Day of Lifesaving

Responding to 2,000 emergencies each day requires a huge supply of medical supplies, advanced technology and communications equipment.

Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU)

Emotional injuries, just like physical injuries, cannot be left untreated.

Ten Kavod

Helping the aging seniors by having trained medical responders visit to help them maintain their health and alleviate their sense of loneliness.

View our International Missions
Ways To Give

WAYS TO GIVE

Become a volunteer

Join one of our 95 branches throughout Israel and make a lifesaving impact.

Smart Giving

Sign up for Igul Letova (“Round-up”) and every time you charge your credit card, the amount will be rounded up to the nearest shekel, and your remaining agurot will go toward supporting United Hatzalah.

eCards

Let someone know you’re thinking of them. Send a United Hatzalah eCard and contribute to saving lives.

Sponsor a Day of Lifesaving!

Honor a loved one or mark a special occasion by sponsoring a Day of Lifesaving, enabling thousands of lifesaving responses across Israel, and receive a detailed call log of all the calls that day.

Legacy

Shape your legacy and join us in ensuring United Hatzalah is here to serve all the people of Israel for generations to come.
MyMitzvah

MY MITZVAH

How it works

With United Hatzalah’s MyMitzvah crowdfunding platform, create a fundraising campaign in seconds and share it with family and friends to help raise funds for a cause you care about.

All Campaigns

Our campaigners make a difference. See all of the campaigns that are saving lives.

Create a Campaign

Ready to get started? Create your lifesaving campaign now.

Log In

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My Campaigns

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FEATURED

CCU FOR ISRAEL BENEFIT DINNER

United Hearts for Israel

Congregation Ahavath Torah Community Fundraiser For a Lifesaving Vehichle

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What’s New

WHAT’S NEW

News & Media

Keep up with the latest lifesaving activities of our volunteers as they make headlines in the news and learn about all the ways we make a better tomorrow, today.

Videos

What better way to share United Hatzalah’s stories than by video? Check out some of our highlight videos here of click and learn more about the important work that we do.

Podcasts

Listen and learn anywhere you are – in the car, on the go, or at the gym. Check out some of our stories and real life rescues directly from our volunteers and get inspired.

Photo Gallery

A picture is worth a thousand words. Check out our photo gallery to see for yourselves the many rescues and events that our volunteers are involved with throughout the year.

Stories from the field

Want to get a bit closer to the action, Follow these real stories from our volunteers on the ground to get a better feel for what they do, what they give up, and who they save, each and every day.

Blog

Blog

FEATURED

Volunteer medical organization helps Israelis

This uplifted the spirit of every Israeli: Frontline responder on meeting Biden

First responders deploy aid in Israel as death toll rises

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