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21.6.2021 | Every year, Midsummer bonfires lead to forest fires. Most of the fires are due to poor preparations or carelessness. The Ministry of the Interior would like to remind the public that it is always prohibited to light a bonfire when the Finnish Meteorological Institute has issued a forest fire or grass fire warning.https://intermin.fi/en/-/huomioi-mahdollinen-metsapalovaroitus-juhannuksena
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21.6.2021 | Every year, Midsummer bonfires lead to forest fires. Most of the fires are due to poor preparations or carelessness. The Ministry of the Interior would like to remind the public that it is always prohibited to light a bonfire when the Finnish Meteorological Institute has issued a forest fire or grass fire warning.https://intermin.fi/en/-/keep-in-mind-the-risk-of-forest-fires-at-midsummer
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17.11.2022 | The Government proposes approximately EUR 217 million for the Ministry of the Interior's branch of government in the amendment to the 2023 budget proposal.https://intermin.fi/en/-/fence-on-the-eastern-border-and-rescue-services-to-receive-the-largest-budget-increases-in-the-ministry-of-the-interior-s-branch-of-government
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22.9.2022 | The Government proposes several amendments to the Rescue Act and the Act on the Emergency Services Academy. For example, it is proposed that the obligation to purchase and maintain smoke detectors in apartments be transferred from residents to building owners.https://intermin.fi/en/-/it-is-proposed-that-the-responsibility-for-smoke-detectors-be-transferred-from-the-resident-to-the-owner-of-the-building
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25.7.2023 | By decision of the Ministry of the Interior, Finland is preparing to send 48 rescue workers to Portugal to help manage wildfires. The Emergency Services Academy Finland is the employer of the rescue service personnel who will be deployed to Portugal.https://intermin.fi/en/-/finland-prepares-to-send-international-civil-protection-experts-to-fight-wildfires-in-portugal
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29.7.2020 | The European Commission has granted significant co-financing to the Oulu-Koillismaa Rescue Department for a high capacity pumping module. The high capacity pumping module is a joint project of four Rescue Departments in northern Finland (Oulu-Koillismaa, Jokilaaksot, Kainuu and Lappi).https://intermin.fi/en/-/rescue-services-granted-significant-eu-financing-for-high-capacity-pumping
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Accident prevention is a joint efforthttps://intermin.fi/en/rescue-services/accident-prevention/fire-safety-equipment/fire-safety-systems-of-buildings
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18.11.2021 | In the supplementary budget proposal for 2022, a total increase of EUR 20.4 million is proposed for the administrative branch of the Ministry of the Interior. Appropriations are proposed for the development of the national security authorities’ KEJO common information system (EUR 6.85 million), for the Emergency Response Centre Administration’s information system fees (EUR 1.3 million) and for ...https://intermin.fi/en/-/additional-funding-proposed-for-rescue-training-increasing-the-refugee-quota-and-exit-activities
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Civil preparedness strengthened through international cooperationhttps://intermin.fi/en/rescue-services/international-assistance/international-cooperation-in-civil-preparedness
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31.8.2021 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project to prepare urgent and necessary amendments to the Rescue Act. The aim is to update the Rescue Act on the basis of a preliminary study and the comments received on it during the consultation round.https://intermin.fi/en/-/rescue-act-to-be-reformed-on-basis-of-preliminary-study-and-comments-received-during-consultation-round
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26.2.2021 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a project to reform the administration of rescue services. The project will prepare for the implementation of the rescue services reform by developing the national guidance system to meet the requirements of the reform. The goal is to transfer the responsibility for organising rescue services from municipalities to wellbeing services counties in a controlled manner.https://intermin.fi/en/-/new-project-aims-to-reform-national-guidance-system-for-rescue-services
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24.5.2021 | The Ministry of the Interior has submitted the draft equality and non-discrimination action plan for rescue services for statements. The aim of the action plan is rescue services that actively and systematically promote equality in the long term. The draft action plan will be out for comments from 24 May to 30 June 2021.https://intermin.fi/en/-/draft-equality-and-non-discrimination-action-plan-for-rescue-services-submitted-for-statements
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31.5.2024 | Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen and Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko held a videoconference on Friday 31 May. The home affairs ministers discussed Finland's assistance to Ukraine and Ukraine's immediate support needs. The ministers also talked about Ukraine's preparedness expertise.https://intermin.fi/en/-/minister-of-the-interior-rantanen-speaks-with-ukraine-s-minister-of-internal-affairs
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23.3.2023 | Several amendments will made to the Rescue Act and the Act on the Emergency Services Academy. For example, the obligation to purchase and maintain smoke detectors in apartments will be transferred from the residents to the owner of the building from the beginning of 2026.https://intermin.fi/en/-/responsibility-for-smoke-detectors-to-be-transferred-from-the-resident-to-the-owner-of-the-building
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1.3.2024 | Czechia has requested assistance in preparing for wildfires through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Finland responds to the request by sending a risk management expert to join the EU’s international team in the country.https://intermin.fi/en/-/finland-to-send-wildfire-preparedness-expert-to-czechia
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Emergency warnings Emergency warnings are an effective way to alert a large section of the public in as short a time as possible. Emergency warnings can be issued when the public faces threats to life or health or when property is at risk of destr...https://intermin.fi/en/rescue-services/rescue-operations/emergency-warnings
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Accident prevention is a joint efforthttps://intermin.fi/en/rescue-services/accident-prevention/fire-safety-equipment/first-aid-extinguishing-equipment
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11.3.2021 | The Ministry of the Interior has decided to send two experts to Bata, Equatorial Guinea, where an explosion at a munitions depot has caused extensive destruction. Equatorial Guinea has requested international assistance in the rescue operations following the explosion accident. The Emergency Services Academy Finland will serve as the employer of the posted experts.https://intermin.fi/en/-/finland-sends-international-rescue-service-expert-assistance-to-equatorial-guinea
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27.10.2022 | In its fourth supplementary budget for 2022, the Government has proposed a total of EUR 9.0 million in additional funding for the administrative branch of the Ministry of the Interior and EUR 6.0 million in funding outside of the budgeted spending limits for a pilot section of a fence on the eastern border.https://intermin.fi/en/-/funding-for-a-pilot-section-of-a-fence-on-the-eastern-border-increasing-the-number-of-rescue-workers-and-developing-police-ict-services
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8.4.2021 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments the memorandums of the working groups that examined possible needs to amend the Rescue Act. The preliminary study assessed the functioning and clarity of the provisions of the Rescue Act, and whether they are up to date. In addition to the amendments included in the legislative package of the health and social services reform, the preliminary st...https://intermin.fi/en/-/preliminary-study-on-the-reform-of-the-rescue-act-sent-out-for-comments