Helsinki City Rescue Department

Materials for safety communications

Children under school age and families with children 

Material is suitable for families and early childhood education.

• The pairs of images show a safe and an unsafe alternative. Find the differences between the images together! Illustrations: Janne Toriseva. fire use and safety at homeFile opens in a new tab, trafficFile opens in a new tab, the playgroundFile opens in a new tab
• Family fire inspectionLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab helps you check if you have remembered to take care of the basics of safety at home. You can do the inspection in Finnish, Swedish or English.
• Palovaari (“Grampa Fire”) teaches children about safety with the help of videosLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab.

 

The KIDISAFELink to an external website, Opens in a new tab project implemented by the University of Turku and the Satakunta Rescue Department has produced material suitable for safety education in early childhood education (in Finnish).

Schoolchildren and teenagers

These materials are suitable for school children of different ages.

• Vaaranpaikka-materials for primary school children: GuideFile opens in a new tab, powerpointFile opens in a new tab, exercisesFile opens in a new tab (in Finnish)
• The PalojärkiLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab-material made by the Finnish National Rescue Association is intended for first and second graders. (in Finnish)
• The materials of the national NouHätä!Link to an external website, Opens in a new tab rescue skills campaign are intended for pupils in lower secondary school.
• The material made by rescue departments of Uusimaa region handles wildfires using Kamala luonto -comic stripsFile opens in a new tab.
• First-aid fire extinguishing can be learned with the help of a powerpointFile opens in a new tab and a videoLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab. Material is suitable for primary school children.

 

Adults and workplaces

 

 

Multilingual brochure on smoke detectors and home safety: FinnishFile opens in a new tab, SwedishFile opens in a new tab, EnglishFile opens in a new tab, ArabicFile opens in a new tab, SomaliFile opens in a new tab and RussianFile opens in a new tab.

 

Safety informationLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab-package with information about useful services and home fire safety tips is available in Finnish and Swedish.

A safety walk at home will help you identify and fix the hazards in your own home. The material is available in Finnish and Swedish

• Safety walk for detached or terraced housesLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab
• Safety walk for blocks of flats or balcony access blocksLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab
• Live safelyFile opens in a new tab, in co-operation with Heka

Fire safety in the workplace: 

• Safe at the workplace — fire safetyLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab (in Finnish)
• Care facility safety walkLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab (in Finnish)

Liekehtivä päiväLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab (“Day of Flames”) video series by the Rescue Department’s safety trainers presents the most common fire safety risks in the home and how to respond to them. The short videos are also well suited to various training sessions as starting points for discussion.

 

Short animated videos Link to an external website, Opens in a new tabhave been made on first-aid fire extinguishing, evacuation safety and what to do in case of a traffic accident. They can be used in safety communication and training.  

The partnership network of rescue departments has published an easy-to-read guide Safety at homeFile opens in a new tab. The guide is also available in SwedishFile opens in a new tab and in FinnishFile opens in a new tab.

The partnership network of rescue departments has produced Safely at homeLink to an external website, Opens in a new tab -tv series (in Finnish).