Helsinki Rescue Department
Helsinki City Rescue Department works for the safety of the capital, its residents and visitors.
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 and emergencies.
Everyone can create a safer life and environment through their own activities.
Safety is co-operation.
Rescue services
Accident prevention is supervision, guidance and counseling so that the people in Helsinki have the ability and preconditions to act safely. The goal is that Helsinki is a safe place to live, move around, work, study and spend free time.
We protect and rescue people, property, the environment, and the capital city’s functionalities as well as limit and mitigate the damage and consequences of accidents and civilian crises. Rescue operations are activities that include accepting emergency calls, warning the population, preventing threatening accidents, protecting and rescuing accident victims and people in danger, extinguishing fires and limiting damage.
Emergency medical care is part of the healthcare emergency service, which takes care of the condition assessment and first aid of a suddenly ill or disabled person at the scene and, if necessary, transport to the emergency healthcare unit.
Civil defence is a humanitarian activity that protects the civilian population from the dangers and effects of hostilities and accidents, and creates the necessary conditions for life in conditions that, in extreme cases, can result from military conflict. The civil defence duties of the rescue authorities include warning the population, evacuation, directing people into civil defence shelters as well as fire-fighting and rescue operations.