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Notruf Niederösterreich is the central health dispatch center (Gesundheitsleitstelle) for emergency coordination and health services in Lower Austria. It handles rescue calls 144 and alpine emergency calls 140, dispatches rescue and patient transport vehicles, and runs the 1450 telephone health advice line and the NÖ Ärztedienst 141. Its digital tools include the EAS alarm system, a pager network, the LeoDok documentation system, the Notruf App and the LeoChat messenger service.

Its customers are people calling the emergency and health numbers, rescue and emergency services, and hospitals and health institutions that use its alarm and information systems. The company describes itself as a non-profit limited liability company (GmbH) owned by the State of Lower Austria via NÖGUS, Rotes Kreuz NÖ, ASBÖ LV NÖ and the Christophorus air rescue club of ÖAMTC. Its tasks are set out in the company agreement and the NÖ Rettungsdienstgesetz 2017; the website does not describe pricing.

The company was founded in 2003 and is organized as a GmbH with managing directors Christian Fohringer and Josef Schmoll. The website states it employed 338 people in 2025 across several locations in Lower Austria. Its open positions listed are Telenotarzt and Telemedizin roles, offered as freelance or works contracts for physicians.

Product: Emergency call handling and dispatch (144, 140), patient transport booking, 1450 health advice line, NÖ Ärztedienst 141, EAS alarm system, LeoDok documentation and Notruf App.