Grossleitstelle Oldenburger

What Grossleitstelle Oldenburger does

Großleitstelle Oldenburger Land (GOL), doing business as GOL, is a publicly funded emergency dispatch center headquartered in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany, with its operational command center in Oldenburg. It serves as the statutorily designated Großleitstelle for fire and rescue coordination across the entire Oldenburger Land region, covering a population of approximately 780,000 residents. The organization operates continuously (24/7) as the single point of contact for emergency calls routed through the European-wide emergency number 112, handling medical emergencies (stroke, heart attack, respiratory distress, severe injuries), fires (building, vehicle, and object fires), traffic and workplace accidents, and large property-damage events (storms, flooding, gas/oil leaks). In parallel, it organizes non-emergency patient transport under the dedicated number 0441-19222.

The core technology stack consists of conventional emergency dispatch and communication systems for fire department and ambulance coordination: trained Calltakers receive incoming calls, determine location and situation in real time, and initiate dispatch of the appropriate emergency response resource (ambulance or fire unit) while the caller remains on the line. A supplementary knowledge portal, GOL Wissen, provides public-facing educational content on emergency procedures and first aid, functioning as an add-on information layer rather than a core dispatch product. No proprietary software, AI/ML systems, or commercial technology partnerships are disclosed in the source material.

GOL is a government state entity under German jurisdiction with public/municipal ownership — no parent company, holding structure, or private equity backing is indicated. There is no commercial pricing model: emergency services are delivered free at point of use and funded through public-sector sources, consistent with the statutory operating model of German rescue coordination centers. Go-to-market is effectively zero — distribution occurs through the universal 112 emergency line, the local 0441-19222 non-emergency line, the website gol112.de, and social media channels (Facebook, Instagram) used solely for public information and recruitment. The customer base is the entire resident population of the region, with no enterprise sales motion and no named commercial accounts.

Name

Grossleitstelle Oldenburger

Legal name

Großleitstelle Oldenburger Land

Website

https://grossleitstelle-oldenburger-land.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Großleitstelle Oldenburger Land (GOL) is a publicly funded, government-operated emergency dispatch center serving approximately 780,000 residents of the Oldenburger Land region in Germany. It coordinates fire and ambulance response 24/7 via the European emergency number 112 and organizes non-emergency patient transport under 0441-19222.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Dispatch Services

NAICS

Fire Protection (92216), Ambulance Services (62191)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Dispatch, Communications & Medical Control Centers (PSAP/ECC) (HLAFANAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) & Ambulance Services (BPAIAGAC), Emergency Dispatch, Call Center Monitoring & Response Services (HSAHAHAG)

Keywords

• Emergency dispatch services
• Ambulance coordination
• Fire department dispatch
• Patient transport services
• Emergency medical services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oldenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Großleitstelle Oldenburger Land (GOL) operates a 24/7 integrated emergency dispatch center coordinating fire department and ambulance (Rettungsdienst) responses for approximately 780,000 residents across the Oldenburger Land region in Germany. The center answers the Europe-wide emergency number 112 for medical emergencies, fires, accidents with injuries, and major property damage events, dispatching appropriate responders in real-time while the caller remains on the phone. Additionally, it organizes non-emergency patient transport (Krankentransport) under the number 0441-19222.

Product overview

Großleitstelle Oldenburger Land (GOL) operates as a unified emergency dispatch platform offering two core interconnected services: the Notruf 112 emergency response system and the Krankentransport 19222 non-emergency patient transport service. Both services are integrated into a single dispatch center serving 780,000 residents across the Oldenburger Land region 24/7. The GOL Wissen knowledge portal supplements these services by providing public education on emergency procedures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Notruf 112 (Emergency Call Service)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Malteser Rettungsdienst: Major German humanitarian and emergency medical services organization operating ambulances and patient transport nationwide. Comparable as a key provider of the EMS and Krankentransport resources coordinated by GOL.
• ASB (Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund) Rettungsdienst: German aid organization providing ambulance and patient transport services across Germany. Comparable as another large operator of EMS resources that GOL dispatches and coordinates within the Oldenburger Land region.
• Falck A/S: International ambulance and emergency services operator active across Europe. Comparable to GOL's ambulance coordination role as a major private-sector provider of EMS dispatch and transport, although Falck operates commercially rather than as a statutory public entity.
• DRK Rettungsdienst (German Red Cross EMS): German Red Cross operates ambulance and patient transport services that frequently receive dispatches from regional Leitstellen. Comparable as a downstream operator of the very ambulance resources GOL dispatches, sharing EMS workflows and patient transport.

Direct peers

• Großleitstelle Hamburg: Hamburg's combined fire and rescue dispatch center. Directly comparable to GOL as a statutory PSAP/ECC serving an entire city-region with integrated ambulance and fire dispatch under the 112 number.
• Integrierte Leitstelle Stuttgart: Integrated dispatch center for the Stuttgart region handling fire and rescue emergency calls. Comparable to GOL as another German Integrierte Leitstelle combining EMS and fire dispatch under a single public-sector roof.
• Berliner Feuerwehr - Leitstelle: Berlin's integrated fire and rescue dispatch center handling emergency 112 calls across the city-state. Comparable as a public-sector Großleitstelle running emergency medical and fire dispatch under statutory mandate, serving a multi-million resident population.
• Großleitstelle München: Regional emergency dispatch center for the Munich metropolitan area operating the 112 number for fire and rescue coordination. Directly comparable to GOL as another statutory German Großleitstelle with 24/7 emergency call-taking and dispatch responsibility for a large urban/suburban population.
• Großleitstelle Köln: Cologne's regional emergency dispatch center for fire and rescue services. Comparable as another German Großleitstelle operating the 112 emergency line across a large metropolitan catchment with statutory public-sector governance.

Others

• Prioriter (CRITIS/ECHO-112 systems vendors): Vendors of integrated dispatch and control center systems used by German Leitstellen (e.g., Funkwerk, Eurofunk, selectric). Comparable as the technology ecosystem that underpins dispatch operations like GOL's, supplying the core communication and coordination platforms.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Grossleitstelle
• Instagraminstagram.com/grossleitstelleoldenburgerland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grossleitstelle-oldenburger

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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