Finland

Emergency 

The emergency number (hätänumero) in Finland is 112. Call the emergency number only in genuine emergency situations, when someone’s life, health, property or the environment is in danger.

Call the emergency number 112, for example, in the following situations:

• you have been in a car accident (auto-onnettomuus) or you have witnessed an accident

• somebody’s life is in danger (hengenvaara)

• you notice that a fire (tulipalo) has started

• you notice that there has been a break-in (murto) somewhere

• or you know if someone is trying to kill you.

Please do not call the emergency number for non-urgent matters. 

When you call the emergency number 112:

• give your name

• describe what has happened

• give the municipality and the address as accurately as possible

• answer the questions asked by the Emergency Response Centre’s operator

• follow the instructions given

• do not hang up until you are told to do so

• and dont FREAK OUT

If you suspect that someone has ingested poison, you can ask the Poison Information Centre (Myrkytystietokeskus) for advice. Its telephone service is available 24 hours a day. The phone number is (09) 471 977.