Preparing for incidents and crises, services

Notification of an obvious fire hazard or other accident risk.

The organizer of an event is required to prepare a rescue plan for public gatherings and other events.

The Western Uusimaa Rescue Department is responsible for oil spill response in the region’s land areas, inland waters, coastal areas and inland...

In peacetime, you can request a temporary or a complete exemption from the non-military service for health reasons.

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.

On reasonable grounds, you can request transfer to another placement during alternative civil service.

You can, on proper grounds, request a transfer of the civilian service position during the labour service.

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

The use of fireworks must be notified to the municipality's rescue authorities.