Kajaanin kaupunki

Kajaani City administratively supervises local emergency response services. Kainuu Rescue department are
the regional emergency service operator for the Kainuu region of Finland. It is one of the 22 rescue services
regions in the country. The Kainuu Department has 13 fire stations in the region and approximately 220
personnel (including full-time and contract). The administrative leader of the rescue department is the
municipality of Kajaani, and the rescue board has representatives from all over The Kainuu region. Common
operations of the department include fires, search and rescue in winter and summer conditions, diving units,
fire inspections and other similar tasks. Kainuu Rescue Department has also built with three northern Rescue
Departments the Arctic Rescue Team, which is made for forest fire situations using high capacity water
pumping.