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23.2.2023 | The range of services offered by the 112 Suomi mobile app increased on 23 February – conveniently during the International Crime Victims’ Week. The number 116006 of Victim Support Finland was added to the app’s emergency numbers.

25.9.2023 | In the event that an underage child becomes missing, it is important to inform the responsible authorities quickly. For this purpose, assistance is available from a common European hotline. In Finland, the hotline can be used for sharing tips about missing children. In emergencies, the number to call is 112.

28.9.2023 | There has recently been discussion in the news about automatic emergency call systems in vehicles. The Europe-wide eCall connects directly to the nearest emergency response centre and sends information directly to the centre's information system.

15.3.2024 | The Emergency Response Centre Agency’s financial statements for 2023 are complete. Last year, the number of employee absences due to illness fell, new ERC operators were recruited, and employee satisfaction increased.

23.7.2024 | Congestion in health care and social services has recently been in the news frequently, and the issue is also affecting emergency and prehospital care. Non-urgent tasks are also increasingly assigned to prehospital emergency care services, and various multi-professional approaches have been developed around Finland to handle these assignments.

1.8.2024 | The guidelines for handling tasks in the Emergency Response Centre Agency’s emergency medical services were revised at the end of November 2023. The change is reflected in the number of tasks assigned to emergency medical care and in the priority distribution.

10.9.2024 | Thousands of emergency calls are made to the Emergency Response Centres every year involving cases of self-harm or attempted suicide. The purpose of the Suicide Prevention Day is to inform people that help is available and that it's safe to talk about suicide.

3.12.2024 | Anniina Takala, the ERC Operator of the Year, will celebrate the Finnish Independence Day at the Presidential Palace. She feels that the invitation honours the whole profession.

3.1.2025 | While technology keeps evolving, emergency response centre services will continue to be provided first and foremost by humans to humans. This requires social interaction skills and the self-awareness to identify your reactions and limit stress.

3.4.2025 | Taito Vainio started his second five-year term as the Director General of the Emergency Response Centre Agency in early March. In the coming years, his work will be characterised by the challenges arising from the changes in the operating environment.

13.3.2025 | The Emergency Response Centre Agency’s financial statements for 2024 are complete. The service level of emergency response centre (ERC) operations remained good, even though we were not able to meet all our performance targets. During 2024, absences due to illness decreased and the work load was evened out. Customer confidence and satisfaction in ERC operations remained high.

4.2.2025 | The preparedness guide intended for the general public contains instructions on how to prepare for emergency conditions and what to do during them. The guide is now available in the 112 Suomi mobile app.

31.7.2025 | In recent weeks, there has been a significantly higher number of drownings and serious near-miss incidents at public beaches than usual. Recognizing the situation and calling for help quickly is critical when someone ends up in the water. A drowning person is rarely able to call for help, which highlights the importance of others in noticing the emergency.

23.6.2025 | When it comes to emergency calls, the most important thing in terms of getting help is to know where you are so that help can reach you as quickly as possible. Technology and especially the 112 Suomi app are good tools for determining your location.

17.3.2023 | Recently, there have been reports of long lines in health services and the role of the general medical helpline 116117. Here's what you should know about when to call the emergency number or the medical helpline.

8.9.2025 | According to a survey by the Finnish Road Safety Council (Liikenneturva), one in four Finns do not feel that they know what to do at the scene of an accident. The instructions provided by an ERC operator can save lives in an accident situation.

5.8.2025 | Juho Karkiainen’s response to observing smoke and his courage to make an emergency call enabled the containment of a wildfire at an early stage. Thanks to Juho, the emergency response center was able to issue a rapid alert and relay crucial additional information to the rescue services.

26.9.2025 | The Emergency Response centre sends assistance to more than 2,240 assignments involving childbirth each year. For the ERC operator, the experience is unique, as the sounds of new life can be heard at the other end of the line.

6.4.2023 | New technology has been created to assist in situations where a person needs help but cannot summon it themselves. Dialogue between the authorities involved in emergency response centre operations as well as futher technical development is required to take advantage of the technology.

18.9.2023 | Emergency calls using real-time text (RTT) will be made available by the end of 2025. The new option for emergency calls will especially help people with hearing or speech impairments. The Emergency Response Centre Administration has already taken the first steps in the development of RTT.

7.8.2024 | Children are excellent emergency callers as they are honest; although you never want them to face an emergency. It is important, however, that children are taught the correct use of the emergency number, just as adults are.

10.10.2025 | Competent, committed and content staff are the Emergency Response Centre Agency's most important asset and strategic priority. The Agency’s new wellbeing at work programme places greater emphasis on developing competence in work capacity management and career management, among other things.

5.1.2026 | Paula has been working for the Emergency Response Centre Agency for ten years: first as a communications specialist for nine years and then as a wellbeing at work specialist from the start of 2024. By looking after staff wellbeing, she feels that she is doing meaningful work and is able to indirectly contribute to the safety of Finland as a whole.

30.1.2026 | During adolescence, risk taking and peer pressure are often heightened, and sometimes situations can escalate into danger. The aim of the 112 Day campaign is to strengthen young men’s ability to recognize emergencies and encourage them to act.

28.3.2025 | The Emergency Response Centre Agency’s guidelines for handling prehospital emergency care tasks were revised at the end of November 2023. The change is reflected in the number of tasks assigned to prehospital emergency care and in their priority distribution.

9.6.2024 | The Emergency Response Centre Administration is participating in an EU project that improves the visibility of the missing children help system. A key theme of the project is teaching children how to correctly use the emergency number.

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28.1.2025 | Teaching children how to use the emergency number correctly is a safety action. It is important to talk to children about identifying emergencies and encourage them to report an emergency.

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11.2.2025 | In 2024, the Emergency Response Centre Agency received an average of 7,600 emergency calls every day. Of these calls, 1,600 should not have been made to the emergency response centre. Roughly one half of the calls were passed on to authorities while the other half were handled by the emergency response centre operator through guidance and advice. The average time in which an emergency call was picked up was seven seconds.

11.3.2025 | The growth in the foreign-language population is reflected in the number of interpreted emergency calls. The demand for Ukrainian interpretation, for example, has increased significantly over the past few years.

The 112 Day will be celebrated again on the 11th of February The 112 Day is a Finnish nationwide campaign to raise people’s awareness of what everyday safety is and how it can be promoted. The day has traditionally been a joint event for different...

116 000 - The Missing Child Hotline The Missing Child Hotline is intended for non-urgent calls. In an emergency, always call the emergency number 112. Call the Missing Child Hotline when you need to ask for advice in cases that involve a missing c...

14.8.2025 | Only approximately half of Finns know that the emergency number 112 works in all EU countries. When you call 112 in an EU member state, the call is always routed to a local emergency response centre.

MATERIALS How to organise a 112 day event (pdf) 0.56MB pdf Organise your own event and share your safety tips with others! Anyone can organise an event – either live or virtual! Download En cas d’urgence 0.06MB pdf Location form in French. The pos...

ERC services 112 Suomi -application 112 Suomi is a mobile application for calling the emergency services and for emergency geolocation. More about application Urgent emergency? In Finland we use only one emergency number, 112. You can call the eme...

20.4.2023 | The European Emergency Number Association EENA awarded a Finnish emergency response centre operator for outstanding work in assisting a person that had fallen through the ice in the wilderness. Finland’s emergency response centres are built around the professionalism of ERC operators and cooperation between authorities, and the case demonstrates the effectiveness of this approach.

Material Location forms How to use ERC number 112 Suomi application Location forms - other languages: EN, EE, FRA, GE, RU En cas d’urgence 0.06MB pdf Location form in French. The position information of the holiday home must be stored in a visible...

RSS (Opens New Window) (Opens New Window) Incident Notifications 20.05.2026 Mainentance Maintenance work on forms at 112.fi website 20.05.2026 From 09:00 - 16:00 14.01.2026 Mainentance Maintenance work on forms at 112.fi website 14.01.2026 From 19...