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26.9.2025 | Nödcentralen förmedlar årligen över 2 240 uppdrag som gäller förlossning. Det är en unik upplevelse för nödcentraloperatören när det i den andra änden av telefonen hörs ljud av ett nytt liv.

11.8.2025 | The Emergency Response Centre Agency also forwards tasks to social and crisis emergency services. In 2024, the number of these tasks increased by 4 percentage points compared to the previous year, overtaking the number of tasks forwarded to rescue services.

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.

11.8.2025 | Nödcentralsverket förmedlar uppdrag också till social- och krisjouren. Antalet sådana uppdrag ökade med 4 procentenheter år 2024 jämfört med året innan och överskred antalet uppdrag till räddningsväsendet.

8.9.2025 | Enligt Trafikskyddets enkät upplever var fjärde finländare att de inte vet hur man ska agera på en olycksplats. Nödcentraloperatörens anvisningar kan rädda liv i en olyckssituation.

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.

19.5.2026 | En teknisk störning upptäcktes i bakgrundstjänsten för appen 112 Suomi på fredagsmorgonen den 15 maj i samband med att meddelandet ”faran över” om drönarsituationen i Nyland publicerades. Felet åtgärdades före klockan 8.15 på fredagsmorgonen. Den tillfälliga störningen orsakades av belastning på appens bakgrundstjänst.

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.

9.4.2026 | The strength of Finland’s 112 system lies in its ability to operate seamlessly across organisational boundaries. Daily cooperation, shared systems and long‑standing trust between authorities make this integrated model possible.

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.

21.7.2025 | Det vackra vädret har fått människor att röra på sig. Värmen märks också i antalet nödsamtal, och ibland kan väntetiderna till nödnumret vara något längre än normalt. Om det tillfälligt är kö på nödlinjen ska du inte lägga på, utan vänta kvar på linjen tills en operatör blir ledig.

26.5.2025 | Under det kommande veckoslutet firar ungdomar välförtjänt att läsåret slutar och sommarlovet börjar. På nödlinjen syns skolavslutningshelgen vanligen genom större brådska än under ett vanligt sommarveckoslut.

23.6.2025 | Med tanke på hjälpen är den viktigaste saken i ett nödsamtal att man vet sin position för att hjälparna hittar fram så fort som möjligt. Tekniken och särskilt appen 112 Suomi är bra hjälpmedel för detta.

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.

26.5.2025 | The coming weekend will see young people deservedly celebrate the end of the school year and the start of the summer holiday. For the emergency line, the school closing weekend is usually busier than a normal summer weekend.

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.

30.4.2025 | Each year, the unique Finnish model for producing ERC services attracts international guests to visit Finland in order to monitor daily operations at emergency response centres. Visitors want to emulate the model, which is cost efficient and makes it possible to dispatch help quickly.

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.

28.3.2025 | Nödcentralsverkets instruktion för behandling av uppdrag inom akutvården förnyades i slutet av november 2023. Reformen syns i mängden uppdrag och i prioritetsfördelningen inom akutvården.

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.