Project concerning the planning criteria for rescue services

Capacity of and planning criteria for rescue services and civil emergency preparedness

Project concerning the planning criteria for rescue services

SM015:00/2020 Development

The aim of the project is to find out how the capacity and services of the rescue services and civil emergency preparedness currently respond to the operating environment, risks and customer needs.

The project seeks to establish consistent procedures and practices to respond to changing operating environments and risks.

Basic information Completed

Project number SM015:00/2020

Case numbers SMDro-2020-208 , VN/6183/2021

Set by Ministry of the Interior

Term/schedule 3.2.2020 – 31.12.2021

Date of appointment 3.2.2020

Project status

Goals and results

The main goal of the project is to find out how the current capacity and services of the rescue services and civil emergency preparedness respond to the operating environment, risks and customer needs.

The project aims to

1. produce an analysis of the rescue services’ performance and the capacity requirements to formulate a set of national planning criteria.

2. establish consistent procedures on the basis of which the relation between the rescue services’ performance and the capacity requirements can be systematically evaluated.

3. develop models for predicting the risk of accidents and incidents to enable better preparedness for possible accidents and incidents.

Starting points

The project focusing on the capacity of and planning criteria for rescue services and civil emergency preparedness was launched to help the rescue services prepare for the changes following the replacement of the regional rescue service system by a county-based system.

The rescue services lack such a comprehensive proposal for and analysis of the rescue services’ performance and capacity requirements at national, regional and local level that are based on consistent information and criteria. The development of service design requires consistent practices and the development of the related information base too.

This project is based on the rescue services reform of 2015–2018, in which 15 working groups produced altogether 97 different proposals for development. The proposals presented in the rescue services reform will be implemented in the course of this project.

Additional information

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Pelastustoimea kehitetään entistä vaikuttavammaksi valtakunnallisesti

Ministry of the Interior News item 19.5.2022 10.45

Capacity project results to be used to standardise rescue services operations

Ministry of the Interior Press release 9.2.2022 12.14

Ilmastonmuutokseen varauduttava myös pelastustoimessa

Ministry of the Interior Press release 30.11.2020 10.31

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