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Länsi-Uusimaa Rescue Department External emergency plans The Rescue Department draws up external emergency plans for sites posing a particular hazard in cooperation with the relevant business and industrial operators. According to the Rescue Act, ...

31.3.2026 | The authorities and the state leadership are monitoring changes in the security situation, assessing future risks and ensuring that our society continues to function in all circumstances. Finland is not currently facing a military threat. 

Emergency plan for a public event The organiser must draw up a rescue plan for public events and other events. Rescue departments help supervise the safety of public events. Contact your local rescue department for further information. Rescue depa...

Helsinki City Rescue Department Expertise on land We prepare for threats to the capital with special expertise and equipment. Work with a risk of falling We rescue people from heights or shafts and trenches with bucket trucks and various rope tech...

Helsinki City Rescue Department Evacuation safety reports The evacuation safety report is a document that describes manner in which the building or space is used or how the limited, weakened or varying functional capacity of persons and other fact...

Länsi-Uusimaa Rescue Department For companies and communities Information and instructions for building owners, companies and housing companies. Business and industrial operators and owners and occupants of buildings are obliged to keep buildings ...

Helsinki City Rescue Department Periodic fire inspection The objective of fire inspections is to support the operator’s independent preparedness and to monitor compliance with the Rescue Act. The objective of fire inspections is to support the ope...

Länsi-Uusimaa Rescue Department For companies and communities Information and instructions for building owners, companies and housing companies. Business and industrial operators and owners and occupants of buildings are obliged to keep buildings ...

Länsi-Uusimaa Rescue Department Public safety communication and safety training The objective of public safety communication is to improve people’s knowledge and skills related to safety issues as well as their ability to prepare for different eme...

Sheltering indoors Sheltering indoors is the most important means of protecting yourself against threats from outside. These situations may include toxic gas in the environment, harmful smoke or a person behaving in a threatening way. Sheltering i...

Helping an animal Animals should be treated well, without causing them unnecessary suffering. Causing animals unnecessary pain and distress is prohibited. Anyone who keeps animals should also maintain their good health and take into account the an...

Handling fire Everyone has the duty to comply with the provisions and regulations aiming to prevent fires and other accidents. Fires can be prevented and avoided. Small steps and changes in your habits can often help avoid risks and dangerous situ...

Rescue Department of Kymenlaakso Services The Kymenlaakso Rescue Department produces the tasks specified in the Rescue Act in its area. The basic tasks include fire and other accident prevention, rescue, preparedness as well as emergency care serv...

Emergency conditions The definition of emergency conditions covers not only an armed aggression but also other exceptional circumstances that seriously threaten the nation, including extremely serious natural disasters, pandemics and major acciden...

Hazardous chemicals at public events Chemicals may be stored in assembly facilities and at large public events only in the quantities necessary for carrying out the activity. Rescue departments help supervise the safety of public events. Contact y...

Helsinki City Rescue Department Emergency medical service First aid is an integral part of our operations. Our full-time paramedics and firefighters trained in both rescue and emergency medical care provide help to those who are suddenly ill or in...

Helsinki City Rescue Department Services We serve the functions of the capital and the people there by assessing risks, preventing accidents, rescuing people, property and the environment and protecting and instructing the population in accidents ...

Rescue sector organisations Several organisations support and complement the work of the authorities within the sphere of the rescue services. These organisations play important roles in areas such as accident prevention, increasing public awarene...

Helsinki City Rescue Department Operation of the Rescue Department in the event of an accident When the Situation Centre receives an alarm, the rescue personnel immediately leave for the scene of the accident. When the Situation Centre of the Resc...

Rescue services Accident prevention, rescue operations, preparedness and civil defence form a coherent system in Finland that covers all types of incidents from daily accidents to major disasters. The Ministry of the Interior guides and directs em...