Safety and security
Jyväskylä is a safe and a pleasant city to live in and to visit for everybody. Major accidents or other serious security threats are rare here as they are everywhere in Finland, one of the safest countries in the world. Public order, public security, and rescue services are guaranteed and maintained by Finnish national authorities. Help and support of good quality and of easy access are widely provided in case of different kinds of incidents.
Rescue services, rescue authorities, police:
Emergency number 112 in Finland:
http://www.112.fi/index.php?langID=2&pageName=emergency
How to use the emergency number 112 in Finland? :
http://www.112.fi/documents/Hake_112esittely_englanti.pdf
Central Finland Police Department:
http://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/keski-suomi/home.nsf/pages/indexeng
Information and Instructions for Accident Prevention and Emergencies:
http://www.keskisuomenpelastuslaitos.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julka...
Support in case of crisis:
The Crisis Center Mobile Jyväskylä 24 hours/day:
http://www.kriisikeskusmobile.fi/inenglish.html
Tukinainen, the Crisis Centre for Sexually Assaulted in Jyväskylä:
http://www.tukinainen.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76...
Victim Support Finland:
http://www.riku.fi/fi/victim+support/*
Finnish Online Family Shelter – Help in Family Abuse and Security in Intimate Relationships:
http://www.turvakoti.net/en/home
National authorities:
The Finnish Defence Forces:
http://www.mil.fi/english/
Ministry of Defence:
http://www.defmin.fi/?l=en&s=1
Finnish Immigration Service:
http://www.migri.fi/netcomm/Default.asp?language=EN
The Finnish Border Guard:
http://www.raja.fi/rvl/home.nsf/pages/index_eng
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority Finland:
http://www.stuk.fi/en_GB/
Rescue Services in Finland:
http://www.pelastustoimi.fi/en/
Emergency Response Centre Administration Finland:
http://www.112.fi/
Law and justice
Authorities and information on a national level:
About law and legal protection in Finland:
http://www.suomi.fi/suomifi/english/subjects/law_and_legal_protection/in...
Legislative information database:
http://www.finlex.fi/en/
Public order act:
http://www.intermin.fi/intermin/hankkeet/jarjestyslaki/home.nsf/pages/in...
Judicial system in Finland:
http://www.oikeus.fi/8108.htm
Ministry of Justice:
http://www.om.fi/en/Etusivu
The Office of the Chancellor of Justice:
http://www.chancellorofjustice.fi/index.html
Centres for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment:
http://www.ely-keskus.fi/fi/Sivut/inenglish.aspx
Regional State Administrative Agencies:
http://www.avi.fi/fi/Sivut/inenglish.aspx
Consumer agency:
http://www.kuluttajavirasto.fi/en-GB/
Parliamentary Ombudsman:
http://www.oikeusasiamies.fi/Resource.phx/eoa/english/index.htx
The Ombudsman for Equality:
http://www.tasa-arvo.fi/en
The Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman:
http://www.tietosuoja.fi/1560.htm
Ombudsman for Minorities:
http://www.vahemmistovaltuutettu.fi/intermin/vvt/home.nsf/pages/index3