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Finnish Rescue Services' Pocket Statistics 2013- 2017 D-sarja: Muut [3/2018] Finnish Rescue Services’ Pocket Statistics 2013- 2017 Johannes Ketola, Esa Kokki FINNISH RESCUE SERVICES’ POCKET STATISTICS 2013–2017 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 RESCUE SERVICE SYSTEM AND RESOURCES 2 3 ACCIDENT PREVENTION 8 4 RESCUE MISSIONS 12 5 ACCIDENT DAMAGES 30 6 RESCUE OPERATIONS 33 Further Inquiries: Emergency Services College Johannes Ketola, Planning Officer [email protected] Esa Kokki, Director of Research [email protected] prontonet.fi Emergency Services College Publication D-series: Other 3/2018 ISBN: 978-952-7217-08-5 (pdf) ISSN: 2342-9305 pdf 1 INTRODUCTION In Finland, the responsibility for the functions of rescue services is divided between 22 rescue service regions. The rescue services on the Åland Islands are regulated by re- gional legislation. The functions of rescue service regions include accident prevention, rescue operations and civil defence, etc. The pocket statistics is based on the data in the rescue services resource and accident statistics program (PRONTO) from 2013–2017, unless indicated otherwise. PRONTO is maintained by the regional rescue departments. The data in the statistics were gathered directly from PRONTO without a nationwide check. In the statistics rescue operations refer to those incidents when a fire brigade was alerted by an emergency response centre, excluding ambulance service. The number of build- ing fires includes the number of risk of building fires. The data related to rescue operations have been tabulated in PRONTO based on the primary type of an emergency. The secondary types of emergencies have been counted into those tables which deal with accidents, causes for automatic fire calls and property damages. Separate miss- ing data have not been included in the tables. All this should be taken into consideration when comparing the data presented in the tables. 1 2 RESCUE SERVICE SYSTEM AND RESOURCES RESCUE SERVICE REGIONS 22 Lapland 22 21 Oulu-Koillismaa 20 Kainuu 19 Jokilaaksot 18 North Karelia 17 Pohjois-Savo 16 Central Ostrobothnia 15 Ostrobothnia 21 14 South Ostrobothnia 13 Satakunta 20 12 Pirkanmaa 11 Central Finland 19 10 Etelä-Savo 9 South Karelia 16 8 Kymenlaakso 15 17 7 Päijät-Häme 14 18 6 Kanta-Häme 11 5 Varsinais-Suomi 4 Itä-Uusimaa 10 12 3 Keski-Uusimaa 13 2 Länsi-Uusimaa 7 1 Helsinki 9 6 8 5 3 4 2 1 2 RESCUE SERVICE REGIONS POPULATION AND SURFACE AREA IN 2017 Popula- Surface Risk Squares by Risk Class Land * tion Area I II III IV Area (km2) (km2) Helsinki 635 181 716 119 56 21 526 213 Länsi-Uusimaa 452 483 7 855 45 240 152 7 508 4 242 Keski-Uusimaa 443 691 1 986 66 240 100 1 579 1 940 Itä-Uusimaa 96 531 5 537 3 38 78 5 429 2 736 Varsinais-Suomi 474 711 20 539 33 236 280 20 088 10 663 Kanta-Häme 174 808 5 706 13 99 127 5 464 5 200 Päijät-Häme 201 702 6 256 16 144 87 6 041 5 124 Kymenlaakso 178 791 7 417 11 125 126 7 254 5 113 South Karelia 131 188 7 236 3 90 107 7 164 5 615 Etelä-Savo 150 392 18 768 7 93 94 18 537 13 984 Central Finland 275 788 19 952 13 152 210 19 576 16 706 Pirkanmaa 506 331 14 471 29 259 261 13 906 12 444 Satakunta 223 032 11 636 10 168 179 11 338 7 957 South Ostrobothnia 192 654 14 001 3 127 158 13 711 13 445 Ostrobothnia 150 473 17 411 8 65 160 16 128 7 381 Central Ostrobothnia 100 304 9 116 6 56 66 8 387 6 215 Pohjois-Savo 248 210 20 368 17 115 142 20 070 16 771 North Karelia 164 842 21 584 5 104 106 21 550 17 764 Jokilaaksot 121 882 17 259 2 69 108 17 792 13 499 Kainuu 78 425 24 453 2 51 61 24 488 21 503 Oulu-Koillismaa 285 161 26 180 14 145 156 25 957 21 739 Lapland 180 905 100 368 5 100 169 101 126 92 663 Total 5 462 529 378 815 430 2 772 2 948 373 619 302 917 *Population 31.12.2016 3 NUMBER OF FIRE STATIONS 2016 2017 Fire Stations within Rescue Service 336 336 Contract Fire Brigades 447 490 Industrial, Institutional Fire Bri- 94 92 gades RESCUE SERVICE VEHICLES 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Fire Engine 1 101 1 090 1 086 1 070 1 055 Lightweight Fire Truck 31 33 33 33 25 Water Tender 519 517 508 492 480 Ladder Unit, Hydraulic Platform 84 84 80 78 80 Truck Heavy Rescue Unit 46 48 45 49 43 Gear Truck 95 90 89 82 79 Foam Tender, Dry Powder Appli- 57 58 56 55 55 ance Damage Control Tender 24 23 25 22 22 Hazardous Materials Unit 12 14 15 17 17 Incident Command, Control Unit 237 234 197 190 183 Personnel Carrier 725 742 753 744 752 Rescue Diving Appliance 27 28 27 27 27 Other Rescue Service Vehicle 82 89 88 103 108 Snowmobile 204 203 208 213 204 ATV (all-terrain vehicle), Track 252 269 277 283 286 Boat 695 704 725 726 727 Other Vessel 100 92 81 78 78 EMS Vehicle* 272 252 244 254 239 Other Vehicle 493 470 494 506 775 Trailer 95 97 99 161 157 Container 94 97 98 100 98 * EMS Vehicles of Fire Departments 4 RESCUE DEPARTMENTS FINANCIAL* 2017 (€/Inhabitant) Contributions Investments Expenditure Revenue of Municipali- Excluding Excluding ties Excluding Deprecia- Contribu- Rent and tion Costs tions of Depreciation Municipa- Costs lities Helsinki -10 5 61 7 Länsi-Uusimaa 54 6 64 3 Keski-Uusimaa 49 4 55 2 Itä-Uusimaa 83 13 95 6 Varsinais-Suomi 60 7 69 4 Kanta-Häme 55 4 62 6 Päijät-Häme 69 3 87 4 Kymenlaakso 80 7 93 8 South Karelia 81 4 91 5 Etelä-Savo 78 6 82 4 Central Finland 64 3 78 3 Pirkanmaa 62 3 68 3 Satakunta 71 9 90 4 South Ostrobothnia 69 5 87 4 Ostrobothnia 65 9 71 5 Central Ostrobothnia 69 6 73 7 Pohjois-Savo 62 5 75 5 North Karelia 65 11 77 9 Jokilaaksot 92 4 99 6 Kainuu 85 5 93 3 Oulu-Koillismaa 52 3 60 3 Lapland - - - - *EMS information not been included 5 RESCUE DEPARTMENTS FINANCIAL* (MEUR) 2013 2014** 2015 2016 2017*** Revenue 23 20 22 27 26 Expenditure 395 382 394 402 386 Personnel Costs 268 256 263 263 247 Net Expenditure 377 362 351 352 338 Investments 15 19 22 21 13 *EMS informaton not been included **Reference: Rescue Departments Partnership Net- work. Itä-Uusimaa information is missing. ***Lapland information is missing RESCUE SERVICES PERSONNEL 2017 Full-time Employees of Rescue Departments 6 298 Contract Fire Brigade Personnel 15 414 Ministry of the Interior, Department of Rescue1 40 Emergency Services College2 103 Regional State Administrative Agencies, Department of Rescue3 36 References: 1Ministry of the Interior, 2Emergency Services College, 3Regionala State Admini- strative Agencies RESCUE DEPARTMENTS* FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT 2017 Administrative, Support Services 555 Safety Services 392 Emergency Medical Services 1 990 Rescue Services 3 950 Total 6 887 *Full-time employee 6 PERSONNEL OF RESCUE DEPARTMENTS 2017 Full-time Personnel Contract Personnel Total Rescue Rescue Perfor- Rescue Perfor- Services, Services, mance Services mance Women Men Test Test Approved Approved Helsinki 648 1 402 372 355 - Länsi-Uusimaa 586 1 340 271 847 313 Keski-Uusimaa 420 8 276 265 579 40 Itä-Uusimaa 153 2 77 59 698 99 Varsinais-Suomi 481 2 264 239 1 906 379 Kanta-Häme 245 0 139 120 403 116 Päijät-Häme 246 0 178 148 460 116 Kymenlaakso 213 0 147 115 1 021 189 South Karelia 119 0 93 74 492 89 Etelä-Savo 181 2 110 96 592 90 Central Finland 354 1 207 105 941 370 Pirkanmaa 644 8 432 334 779 160 Satakunta 241 1 162 138 1 054 146 South Ostrobothnia 117 1 89 77 859 291 Ostrobothnia 180 2 82 70 937 98 Central Ostrobothnia 104 2 73 59 427 106 Pohjois-Savo 256 0 170 166 595 196 North Karelia 261 1 131 137 525 176 Jokilaaksot 257 3 84 59 638 168 Kainuu 67 1 55 42 147 70 Oulu-Koillismaa 380 1 170 141 386 107 Lapland 145 0 126 70 773 60 7 3 ACCIDENT PREVENTION SAFETY EDUCATION 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Events 11 705 11 219 11 095 10 949 11 592 Participants 894 765 857 785 885 305 849 574 920 389 Share of Population (%) 17 16 16 16 17 SAFETY EDUCATION EVENTS BY TYPE OF IMPLEMENTATION 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Safety Information Campaigns 674 654 619 723 603 Fairs, Other Public Events 1 533 1 588 1 685 1 611 1 849 Safety Training 7 791 7 083 7 056 7 064 7 364 Safety Advicing 1 666 1 829 1 711 1 520 1 527 SAFETY EDUCATION EVENTS BY TARGET GROUP 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Citizens, Public Servants 7 368 7 253 7 270 7 337 7 841 Children, the Young 4 873 4 833 4 817 4 645 5 002 Public Servants, Trustees 205 216 191 119 85 Companies, Institutions 3 665 3 368 3 299 3 080 3 140 Personnel in Care Institution 1 806 1 629 1 601 1 564 1 711 Personnel in Education Institution 365 385 355 323 327 Personnel in Day Care Center 317 338 342 270 260 Civil Defence Organisations 53 47 16 29 36 Other Target Group 618 548 508 500 574 8 SOCIAL MEDIA 2017 Reachability Interaction (Contacts) (Reacted) Helsinki - - Länsi-Uusimaa 3 705 812 349 963 Keski-Uusimaa 417 072 14 744 Itä-Uusimaa 427 336 9 997 Varsinais-Suomi - - Kanta-Häme 603 978 74 860 Päijät-Häme 644 155 41 500 Kymenlaakso - - South Karelia 2 515 684 200 432 Etelä-Savo 513 123 21 157 Central Finland - - Pirkanmaa 5 091 145 391 548 Satakunta 2 948 813 114 647 South Ostrobothnia 329 505 9 086 Ostrobothnia 158 202 10 841 Central Ostrobothnia 400 315 35 009 Pohjois-Savo 513 123 26 537 North Karelia 2 291 885 - Jokilaaksot - - Kainuu - - Oulu-Koillismaa - - Lapland - - 9 FIRE INSPECTIONS 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Planned inspections 50 318 48 630 45 128 35 985 48 699 Inspections 45 343 44 112 38 518 33 152 38 105 A1 Building in Use 24/7 4 574 4 546 4 404 3 813 3 999 A2 Education Building, Day Care Center 3 897 4 018 3 822 2 921 3 362 A3 Assembly, Commercial Building 5 003 5 406 5 919 5 109 5 218 A4 Production, Storage Building 6 227 5 983 5 726 5 367 5 712 A5 Agricultural Building 2 762 2 744 2 717 1 975 1 914 A6 Other Annually Inspected 2 920 3 277 2 898 2 847 3 092 Residential Building 19 279 17 752 12 883 10 902 13 666 Free-time Residence 681 386 149 218 1 142 Inspection-% 90 100 98 96
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