Interverband Rettungswesen

What Interverband Rettungswesen does

Interverband für Rettungswesen (IVR) is a Swiss non-profit association (gemeinnütziger Verein) established under Art. 60ff ZGB, headquartered at Bahnhofstrasse 55 in Aarau. It serves as the official Dachorganisation (umbrella organization) for medical rescue services across Switzerland, setting standards and coordinating the full rescue chain from incident site to hospital across ground, water, and air environments. IVR serves Swiss medical rescue service organizations through a distributed membership model, with its regulatory mandate extending into both routine operations and special/extraordinary situations. The organization operates in all three national languages (German, French, Italian), reflecting its nationwide scope.

IVR's core offerings are organized under a Qualitätssicherung (Quality Assurance) umbrella covering six operational domains: Spontaneous First Aid, SNZ 144 (the national emergency dispatch number), First Responder, Rettungsdienst (rescue services), Patiententransport, and Klinik & Wissenschaft (clinic and science). The product portfolio includes SWISSRECA for rescue service quality assurance, SMEDRIX and EMRIS for clinical/scientific quality assurance, and an OMS (Operations Management System) portal for operational coordination. The organization runs a multi-channel engagement infrastructure including an official website (144.ch), a dedicated job portal (Stellenportal), study portal, online community forum, and e-commerce shop (shop.144.ch).

The business model is membership-fee-based, with rescue service organizations across Switzerland paying recurring dues to fund IVR's standards-setting, coordination, and quality assurance activities. As a non-profit, IVR reinvests into its mandate rather than distributing profits. On May 27, 2026, IVR spun off a new national multilingual association called A4S (Association for Safety / Schweizerischer Verein für Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz im Rettungswesen) focused on occupational safety and health protection in rescue services, signaling organizational expansion of its standards-setting reach into adjacent regulatory territory.

Name

Interverband Rettungswesen

Legal name

Interverband für Rettungswesen

Website

https://ivr-ias.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Interverband für Rettungswesen (IVR) is the official Swiss umbrella organization for medical rescue services, setting quality standards and coordinating the full rescue chain from incident site to hospital across ground, water, and air operations for member rescue service organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services Coordination

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Ambulance Fleet, Equipment & Logistics Services (HLAFANAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Trauma Centers & Level I–IV Trauma Hospitals (HLAFAAAK)

Keywords

• Rescue services coordination
• Medical emergency standards
• Quality assurance rescue
• Emergency medical services
• Rescue chain coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Aarau

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: IVR operates as a non-profit association under Art. 60ff ZGB. The organization generates revenue through membership fees from rescue service organizations across Switzerland.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IVR is the official national umbrella organization for medical rescue services in Switzerland, coordinating and standardizing the complete rescue chain on ground, water, and air from incident location to hospital. It operates membership services, a comprehensive quality assurance program (covering First Aid, SNZ 144, First Responder, Rescue Service, Patient Transport, and Clinic & Science), and quality-assurance products (SWISSRECA, SMEDRIX, EMRIS) plus an Operations Management System portal.

Product overview

Interverband Rettungswesen (IVR) operates as a unified platform offering multiple coordinated products and services for Swiss medical rescue operations. The core portfolio includes SWISSRECA and EMRIS and SMEDRIX for specialized rescue/clinical applications, an OMS (Operations Management System) portal for operational coordination, and a comprehensive Qualitätssicherung (Quality Assurance) Program covering First Aid, SNZ 144, First Responder, Rescue Service, Patient Transport, and Clinical & Scientific standards. IVR functions as a coordination body establishing standards across the entire rescue chain (ground, water, and air) from incident location to hospital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SWISSRECA: Quality assurance product for rescue services
• SMEDRIX
• EMRIS

Products and services

• SWISSRECA Quality assurance product within the IVR portfolio, supporting rescue services standards and certification.
• SMEDRIX Quality assurance product under the IVR Klinik & Wissenschaft (Clinic & Science) division.
• EMRIS Quality assurance product under the IVR Klinik & Wissenschaft (Clinic & Science) division.
• OMS (Operations Management System) Online portal providing operational management system access and coordination tools for rescue services.
• Qualitätssicherung (Quality Assurance) Program Comprehensive quality assurance service program covering Spontaneous First Aid, SNZ 144, First Responder, Rescue Service (Rettungsdienst), Patient Transport Service (Patiententransportdienst), and Clinic & Science (Klinik & Wissenschaft) domains for Swiss medical rescue organizations.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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