Remember the emergency numbers!
- 112 General emergency number
- 02 041 000 Sea rescue emergency number
- 09-471 977 Poison Information Centre
Call the general emergency number 112 for help in urgent
cases of genuine emergency. This number connects you to the
fire department, ambulance services, police, emergency
social services, and sea rescue.
There is no area code in an emergency number. The number
is always the same, even when calling from a mobile phone.
Emergency calls are free of charge.
Further details of the Emergency Response Centre are
available on its website:
www.112.fi > In English
Suomi.fi service – public safety and order
The suomi.fi website provides the most important basic
information on public safety and order in Finland.
www.suomi.fi > In English > Public safety and order
Oulu-Koillismaa Rescue Services Department
www.oulunkaupunki.fi/pelastuslaitos (in Finnish)
The main legal duties of the Rescue Services Department
include preventing fires and accidents, putting out fires,
organising rescue operations in cases of accident and
danger, and civil defence.
The Department is also responsible for ambulance services in
Oulu and Hailuoto, and it organises first response
operations supporting ambulance services in ten
municipalities.
Contact details (in Finnish)
Police
The Oulu Police Department is responsible for
maintaining public order and security, issuing permits and
managing lost property in the City of Oulu and 13
surrounding districts. The Police operate from the main
police station in Oulu, and from branch police stations in
Haukipudas and Liminga. Police services are also available
at service points in Muhos and Vaala.
Website of the Oulu police Department
Emergency Medical Services
Social and Health Services > Emergency Medical Services
This website provides details of public on-call medical
services and emergency numbers.
Emergency Response Centre
www.112.fi > In English
The Emergency Response Centre Administration is the first
link in a chain of assistance and safety services. It also
serves as a communication centre for the rescue, police,
social, and health services, supporting and assisting their
active units. Emergency Response Centres provide help in
urgent cases of genuine emergency where a person’s life,
health, property or the environment are endangered or
threatened, or if there is good reason to suspect this.
Sea rescue
www.raja.fi > In English
Sea rescue means saving and securing human lives in cases of
emergency or danger at sea. This involves a wide range of
duties, such as assisting ships and boats in distress,
accident prevention, search and rescue of missing persons,
and ambulance transportation on sea and in the archipelago.
For further details see the Police website:
poliisi.fi > In English > Traffic > Safety of waterborne
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