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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

3.9.2024 | 112 Suomi -appen får en programuppdatering den 3 september. I uppdateringen får mobilappen en ny widget-egenskap. Funktionerna kring hur varningsmeddelanden visas har också förbättrats.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

14.1.2025 | The 112 Day is a nationwide campaign aimed at raising Finnish people’s awareness of the emergency number 112 and how to recognise emergencies. When it comes to 112 training, it is a good idea to consider the characteristic behaviour and understanding of the target group. For example, it is advisable to emphasise different things to children and young people than older people, immigrants and foreign nationals.

5.2.2025 | The 112 Day campaign has issued instructions on calling the emergency number for the general public as well as children and young people, older people and foreign-language speakers. Learn more about the instructions and make use of the associated materials.

18.12.2025 | Nödcentralsverkets verksamhet och kommunikation får mycket bra betyg av intressegrupperna. Resultaten från en intressentundersökning som genomfördes hösten 2025 visar att myndigheten fungerar pålitligt, professionellt och effektivt även i krävande situationer.

4.8.2025 | It’s important to talk with children and young people about the importance of making an emergency call. For example, physical violence is always a crime, even if it’s referred to as school bullying. An ongoing violent situation is always a reason to call the emergency number 112.

9.12.2025 | Enligt undersökningen Luottamus&Maine har Nödcentralsverket det fjärde bästa anseendet inom den offentliga förvaltningen. Allmänheten upplevde ansvarsfullhet samt produkter och tjänster som de bästa delområdena inom anseendet.

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.

3.2.2026 | År 2025 gjordes i genomsnitt 7 300 nödmeddelanden dagligen till nödnumret. Antalet uppdrag som förmedlades till myndigheterna ökade.

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.

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.

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.

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9.12.2025 | According to the Reputation&Trust study, the reputation of the Emergency Response Centre Agency is ranked fourth among public administration agencies. The public felt that the Agency performed best in the responsibility and products and services dimensions.

16.2.2026 | The Emergency Number Week has concluded for this year. Our warm thanks go to everyone who took part in the campaign — schools, partners, stakeholders, volunteers, and experts across Finland.

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.

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.

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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.

1.4.2026 | In Finland, there are two ways to quickly warn people, for example about an imminent danger from the air: Emergency warning and alarm signal. The 112 Suomi mobile app is already one of the channels for communicating emergency warnings.

Det finns olika sätt att sända ett nödmeddelande. Nödsamtal, nödtextmeddelanden, eCall, nödmeddelanden på finskt teckenspråk samt meddelanden från brand- och brottslarmanläggningar är officiella kanaler som är kompatibla med nödcentralsdatasystemet. Nödmeddelanden från smarta enheter syns också i nödcentralsverksamheten.

Tillgång till nödcentralstjänsterna kommer att säkras på teckenspråk 24.8.2021 12.43 Blogg Var och en av oss bör ha rätt att använda vårt modersmål eller förstaspråk när vi har att göra med myndigheterna. Från och med juni kan en nödanmälan lämnas...