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6 SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF THE MISSIONS AND THEIR MEMBERS
6.1 Emergency Situations
Missions may dial 112 in urgent, genuine cases of emergency where someone’s life, health, property or the environment is in danger, or if there is any reason to assume this to be the case.
Missions can also communicate directly with the International Relations Unit of the Helsinki Police Department on weekdays form 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The telephone number is 0295 47 5100 and e-mail address relations.helsinki@poliisi.fi.
The Missions have been informed of the telephone number of the Commanding Duty Officer of the Helsinki Police Department by a Verbal Note. The Duty Officer can be contacted in other urgent matters. The telephone number is not public.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Emergency Response Centre Agency (ERCA) have agreed that the Foreign Ministry’s 24/7 services will be handled by ERCA from August 2018 onwards. The telephone number is 1605 5555.
Missions are also reminded of the importance of their own emergency plans. The Ministry of the Interior’s Rescue Department is responsible for leading the rescue services in Finland. The State Provincial Office’s Rescue Department, in turn, is in charge of the corresponding tasks within the province. Individual municipalities are jointly responsible for providing rescue services in the 22 rescue service areas in Finland. One of these areas is formed by the City of Helsinki. The rescue operations and other related tasks in these areas are carried out by regional rescue departments such as Helsinki City Rescue Department.
The Emergency Response Centre provides more information on what to do in the case of an emergency on the Centre´s web site at http://www.112.fi
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