Emergencies and security, services

In case you must have either your assigned service starting time or brigade-level unit changed for a compelling reason, please apply for this online.

In Finland we use only one emergency number, 112. The same emergency number 112 works in all EU countries.

The Rescue Department must always be notified of prescribed burning or use of fire that generates a substantial amount of smoke.

You can send a request in Omasivari for placement in a training group to notify when you would like start to carry out the civilian service.

After a permit holder’s death, the administrator of their estate must immediately seize all firearms and obtain permits for them within six months.

A person who performs security stewarding duties is required to have a valid security steward identity card.

Appointing a security steward to provide assistance to the police or the Finnish Border Guard is subject to a licence.

The department is responsible of emergency and rescue services in the municipalities in the Eastern parts of Uusimaa.

The National Police Board grants and cancels licences for the commercial transfer, import, export and transit of weapons to Finland and from Finland.

You can apply for up to three years of postponement of alternative civil service at a time.