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It is safe to talk about self-destructiveness
News item 10.9.2024On 10 September 2024, it is Suicide Prevention Day again. The aim of the day is to increase awareness of suicide and self-destructiveness and to reduce the stigma involved in suicide. Most...
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Children are being taught how to recognise emergencies
News item 7.8.2024The Missing Children Europe federation is coordinating the ongoing KEEP SAFE -project, which is conducted in Finland under the direction of an NGO called Lasten perusoikeudet - Children’s...
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New guidelines to help operators in risk-assessment
News item 1.8.2024Last November, the emergency medical services centres of the collaborative areas for social welfare and healthcare services gave the Emergency Response Centre Agency revised guidelines for handling...
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Non-urgent prehospital care assignments involve multi-professional cooperation
News item 23.7.2024When receiving an emergency call, the ERC operator will immediately begin to form a risk assessment and an understanding of what has happened. The risk assessment is based on instructions prepared...
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EU project teaches children about the emergency number
News item 9.6.2024Did you know that the European Commission has reserved the number 116 000 as the EU-wide missing children hotline? The aim is to ensure that missing children can be reported using the same hotline...
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Absences due to illness decreased and job satisfaction rose in 2023
Press release 15.3.2024At the end of 2023, the Emergency Response Centre Agency had 621 employees, accruing 608 person-workyears due to part-time contracts. The staffing situation improved from the previous year, when...
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