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
Eila Siira
tel. +358400 965 407
Lappi
Annikki von Pandy
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
Olof Collin
tel. +35840 675 8455
Österbotten
Rolf Sund
tel. +358400 263448