Special grants from the Fire Protection Fund
The Fire Protection Fund may award special grants to local authorities, wellbeing services counties and contract fire brigades. It may award construction project grants to local authorities for renovating fire stations, but no longer for the construction and expansion of new fire stations in municipalities. It may award special grants to contract fire brigades for constructing new fire stations, purchasing real estate and significant renovations or expansions of old fire stations.
If a contract fire brigade or other similar organisation has concluded a fire brigade agreement with the wellbeing services county, the Fire Protection Fund may award a special grant for buying rescue services equipment. This also applies to industrial, institutional and military fire brigades.
Information on grants
You may apply for a grant once a year at a time specified by the Fire Protection Fund. We publish information on how to apply for grants as soon as the Fire Protection Fund announces that applications may be submitted.
The application form and instructions are available on the Fire Protection Fund website.
We coordinate construction projects and equipment purchases in the regions and prioritise the grant applications according to the published criteria. The Fire Protection Fund decides on the grants. For further information on the grants, see the Fire Protection Fund website.
Further information on the special grants awarded by the Fire Protection Fund:
Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland
Eero Nyman, Senior Officer for Rescue Services, tel. 0295 016 773
Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland
Kai Horelli, Senior Officer for Rescue Services, tel. 0295 016 870
Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland
Seppo Lehto, Senior Officer for Rescue Services, tel. 0295 017 357
Regional State Administrative Agency for Southwest Finland
Pirjo Tuominen, Administrative Officer for Rescue Services, tel. 0295 018 063
Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland
Arto Laine, Administrative Officer for Rescue Services, tel. 0295 018 516
Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland
Jarno Soisalo, Senior Officer for Rescue Services, tel. 0295 016 628