Rescue is a public task in the field of life-saving hazard prevention. It includes emergency notification and first aid measures as well as the organization and implementation of the rescue service.

The ground-based rescue service includes rescue with ambulances, ambulances, emergency medical vehicles and ambulances. Sponsors of the ground-based rescue service are the districts and district-free cities.

Air rescue is divided into primary air rescue, which includes emergency or first-case care at the scene of the accident, and secondary rescue, which is there for the transfer of patients in need of intensive care. In contrast to ground-based rescue, the carrier of air rescue is the country.