The Gdansk Ambulance Team Will Be Stationed at the Airport 

Gdansk Airport will provide space for the rescue team. They will have their own facilities and will be able to park their ambulance there. They will secure the Matarnia district and nearby areas. 

The Emergency Medical Services station in Gdansk was looking for a new location for its ambulance and crew. Gdansk Airport responded favourably to this need. The airport has accommodation and facilities for receiving an emergency unit. Under the agreement, the rescue workers will move to the airport on 1 October 2025. They will be on duty around the clock, with two paramedics on each shift. According to representatives of the emergency services, the facilities provided at the airport meet the requirements and needs of rescue workers. They will have sanitary, pharmacy, office and social areas. The ambulance will be parked in front of the terminal, in a location that allows for quick departure and response. The location of the EMS at the airport is optimal in terms of access to patients in Matarnia and the neighbouring areas, as well as transport to hospitals. 

Today, a press conference was held at Gdansk Airport about the new headquarters for paramedics and ambulances at the airport. 

“We are relocating the emergency medical team from Harfowa Street to the airport grounds in order to reduce response times. There are 113 teams throughout the Pomeranian Voivodeship, including 13 specialist teams with doctors. Over the past year and a half, we have created nine new emergency medical teams,” said Beata Rutkiewicz, Voivode of Pomerania. 

“We place great emphasis on the health and safety of residents and the many tourists who visit Pomerania. Of the 13 hospital emergency departments located in Pomerania, six are managed by the voivodeship authorities. Out of 113 emergency medical teams, we manage over forty,” said Leszek Bonna, Deputy Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. 

Wiktor Tyburski, Director of the Emergency Medical Services Station in Gdansk, gave his thanks to the head of Gdansk Airport for the excellent cooperation. “The premises presented to us are perfectly suited to our needs. We would like to have conditions like this everywhere,” added the director. 

“We share these places for a symbolic one zloty. We do not want to profit, we want to help,” said Tomasz Kloskowski, President of Gdansk Airport. 

The EMS station in Gdansk has a total of 18 Emergency Medical Teams throughout the city. 13 teams work around the clock, all year round, with an additional team working in Sobieszewo in the summer. Four teams work in the city on a 12-hour shift system. Every year, the emergency services respond to tens of thousands of calls. In 2024, there were almost 41,000 dispatches. This gives us an average of about 112 per day. One team on duty may be dispatched up to 17 times. The Gdansk ambulance station employs a total of 180 paramedics and 9 doctors. It has 25 ambulances at its disposal. 

Gdansk Airport has its own medical services. The Airport Fire Brigade employs 11 rescue workers, including two women and one nurse. Most often, they assist passengers who have fainted, are experiencing chest pain, have suffered injuries, or are suffering from alcohol intoxication. There are also cases of cardiac arrest. If the patient’s condition requires hospitalisation, after providing initial assistance, they call a public ambulance. The airport also has its own well-equipped ambulance.