Image of a Falck Redningskorps VW ambulance Ambulance based on a Volkswagen Transporter from Falck Redningskorps. This ambulance was seen at the Falck station in Esbjerg, Denmark.
Falck A/S is founded in 1906 by Sophus Falck. By the year 1956 Falck is a nation-wide operator with 100 rescue stations in Denmark, and the company expands further seven years later by acquiring the shares of the Zonen rescue service, their main Danish road assistance competitor.
In 1988 The Falck family sells Falck to Baltica, a Danish-based insurer. Falck purchased the security service division ISS Securitas from ISS in 1993. The first in a series of mergers, which later included both Group 4 and Wackenhut.
The company later mergered its activities in the security field with Securicor Plc. That new company was named Group4Securicor. In connection with the merger, Falck is separated from Group 4 Falck and listed independently on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Danish media describes the separation as “Falck returns to its roots”. In February 2005 Falck is delisted from the Copenhagen Stock Exchange due to the fact that Nordic Capital has bought the shares of Falck.
Picture added on 04 December 2008
