Contact information

You can reach the Voluntary Rescue Service by contacting the Finnish Red Cross or directly contacting the member organisation you are interested in.
The Finnish Lifeboat Institution is responsible for the voluntary maritime rescue operations and the Finnish Air Rescue Society is responsible for the voluntary air rescue operations.

National coordination

The Red Cross is responsible for coordinating Vapepa nationally.
The employee e-mail addresses follow the form firstname.lastname@redcross.fi.

Preparedness coordinator Arsi Veikkolainen

tel. +358 40 120 9022

Coordinating the Voluntary Rescue Service
Collaboration with interest groups

Communications officer Aku Suomalainen

tel. +358 40 581 0346

Vapepa communications and media relations
The Vapepa website and social media channels
Vapepa communications materials
Communications training
Supporting the communications of the member organisations and volunteers
Vapepa-info magazine

Regional coordination

The preparedness leaders of the Finnish Red Cross districts are responsible for the regional co-operation of the Vapepa organisations and for supporting the volunteers in emergency teams around Finland. The e-mail addresses of the preparedness leaders follow the form firstname.lastname@redcross.fi.

Helsinki and Uusimaa
Niki Haake
tel. +358 40 557 0111

Häme
Tommi Mattila
p. +35840 5895 780

Kaakkois-Suomi
Atte Jääskeläinen
tel. +358400 965 407

Lappi
Tanja Sälevä
tel. +358400 391868

Länsi-Suomi
Aki Valonen
tel. +35840 528 0902

Oulu
Timo Harju
tel. +35840 131 7100

Satakunta
Kari Petäjä
tel. +358400 322 191

Savo-Karjala
Minna Kettunen
tel. +358400 648268

Varsinais-Suomi
Tommi Virtanen
tel. +358400 127 152

Åboland
Annalena Sjöblom
tel. +358400 838 675

Åland
Martina Andersson
tel. +35840 164 8913

Österbotten
Rolf Sund
tel. +358400 263448