[3] The company was founded in 1906 by Sophus Falck after he witnessed and volunteered at a fire at the Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1884.

In 2011, Nordic Capital sold its shares, making the principal shareholders The Lundbeck Foundation and KIRKBI.

Falck A/S provides health, safety, roadside assistance and other services to corporate customers and private households in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland and Estonia.

Its international operation also includes activities in countries like Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Germany (States of Brandenburg, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony), Lithuania, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Russia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay and Panamá.

[citation needed] The firm provides ambulance services to the general public in seven countries in close collaboration with the authorities.

In December 2017, the Board of Directors decided to initiate a process to sell the Falck Safety Services division.

Falck USA is a wholly owned subsidiary, that provides 24-hour ambulance transport and 9-1-1 response services.

Now, Falck Alford is one of the largest providers of offshore and safety training to operators in the Gulf of Mexico.