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Acts, obligations and instructions

Legal basis:

Rescue Act 379/2011, sections 6, 7 and 8 (In Finnish)

Campfires or other open fires may not be lit when the Finnish Meteorological Institute has issued a wildfire warning or if, because of drought, wind or other reasons, the conditions are such that there is a manifest risk of a wildfire, grass fire or other fire. Before lighting the fire, check the current fire and wind warnings given by the Finnish Meteorological Institute.

Provided that special care is exercised, professional prescribed burning of forest land in accordance with a separate prescribed burning plan is possible under the supervision of a forestry professional who is familiar with the practices of prescribed burning (Rescue Act 379/2011, section 7) (In Finnish). The prescribed burning plan is uploaded as an attachment in the beginning of the form.

Regional rescue authorities may, on reasonable grounds, prohibit the making of open fires in their rescue service regions or parts of them for a specific period of time. A decision shall be made on the matter, and information on the decision shall be communicated to the extent necessary.

The landowner's permission is always needed to light an open fire.

A notification must always be made to the regional rescue authority of prescribed burning and any use of fire that generates a substantial amount of smoke. Other open fires need not be notified.

A fine may be imposed for a rescue violation for anyone who

  • deliberately or carelessly lights an open fire or other open fires may not be lit when a wildfire warning has been issued or if, because of drought, wind or other reasons, the conditions are such that there is a manifest risk of a wildfire or other fire
  • carries out the prescribed burning of forest land without the supervision of a forestry professional
  • neglects the duty to notify the rescue department of prescribed burning or other use of fire that generates a substantial amount of smoke

Waste management regulations and building ordinances

  • Check whether the burning of garden waste is allowed in the area of your home municipality. Check the potential restrictions for the burning of garden waste from the waste management regulations of your area and the building ordinance of your home municipality/city.

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Submitting the notification

Electronically: Fill out the notification "Print" a copy and click "Submit". Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk (*).
By post:  The notification can also be sent by post. Fill out the form and click Print at the end of the form. Be sure to include all the necessary attachments in the letter. Mail the notification to the address of the regional rescue department concerned. Check the address of the regional rescue department.

The data will be processed at the rescue department of the municipality associated with the report. For more information the description of file, privacy policy and processing of your personal data, see the website of your local rescue department.

Type of burning event:

Attachments to the notification

Notifier's details

Notification sector - details of the fire

Details of the person in charge who carries out the burning or prescribed burning

Information of burning place

Burning details

Burning 1 details

Save/Print

If you want to save or print the report, please select the Print button before submitting. You can save the report in the Print window by selecting ’Save as PDF’ or ’Print as PDF. You can print or save a blank form, if needed. Not all browsers support saving the report form. After saving/printing, go to Submit.


Submit

Select Submit to finish. You will receive a message that your form has been successfully submitted. If you do not receive a message, check that you filled in all the mandatory fields marked with an asterisk (*). Also check that the total size of the attachments does not exceed 7 MB and that you used the correct file formats. The information is sent to and processed by the regional rescue department of the municipality indicated on the report.