Jakob Andersen

Hovedstadens Beredskab / Greater Copenhagen Fire Department

Greater Copenhagen Fire Department provides preventive and remedial emergency services of all kinds to a high standard as well as qualified and reliable administrative services. Our ambition is to be at the leading edge of developments within the field of emergency services, and to be a strong partner in relation to the municipal visions of creating an efficient and confidence-inspiring organisation for the benefit of citizens, businesses and public institutions. Greater Copenhagen Fire Department is the biggest emergency fire fighting and rescue service in Denmark with almost 1,000 employees and a total budget of DKK 500 million. We supply: Fire service, ambulance service, building and construction fire safety requirements, fire inspections, fire prevention, civil emergency planning, 112 dispatch centre for the Greater Copenhagen area, consultancy services and education. The enterprise was established on 1 January 2016, with the existing emergency fire services in the municipalities of Albertslund, Brøndby, Dragør, Frederiksberg, Glostrup, Hvidovre and Rødovre and the City of Copenhagen joining forces to form a joint municipal service which covers all eight local authorities and almost one million citizens.