{"id":931,"date":"2020-02-27T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T08:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meripelastus.fi\/porkkala-vedos\/?page_id=931"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:19:53","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meripelastus.fi\/porkkala\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Porkkala Lifeboat Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:3rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\n<div class=\"container home-container\"> \n    <div class=\"row home-img-lifts py-0 d-flex justify-content-center\">\n\n            \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-10 offset-1 offset-md-0 col-md-6 col-lg-3 col-xxl-4 has-secondary-background-color d-flex flex-column align-items-stretch justify-content-between text-white text-center homelifts homelifts-lahjoita\">\n                            <div class=\"homelifts-lahjoita-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meripelastus.fi\/porkkala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2024\/01\/svg-huutomerkki-white-3.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" \/><\/div> \n                            <div class=\"homelifts-lahjoita-content\">\n                                <h3 class=\"h2 text-white mt-0 mb-0\">Distress calls<\/h3>                                                                <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Distress calls to the Maritime Rescue Centre via VHF ch\u00a0<b>16 \/ VHF-DSC 70<\/b><br \/>\nor by telephone\u00a0<b>+358-294 1000<\/b>\u00a0(international)\u00a0<b>0294 1000<\/b>\u00a0(national)<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/meripelastus.fi\/porkkala\/en\/emergency-instructions\/\" class=\"btn btn-default my-0 mx-auto\" target=\"_self\">Instructions<\/a>                             \n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n            \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-10 offset-1 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                                     <strong><\/strong>\n                                                    <br \/>\n                                                    <span><\/span>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                            <\/template>\n                                        <\/ul>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/meripelastus.fi\/porkkala\/en\/sar-operations\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary mb-0 mx-auto\" target=\"_self\">More SAR operations<\/a>                             \n                            <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t           \n\n            \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-10 offset-1 offset-md-0 col-md-6 col-lg-3 col-xxl-4 has-secondary-background-color d-flex flex-column align-items-stretch justify-content-between text-white text-center homelifts homelifts-liity\">\n                            <div 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class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:3rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\" id=\"h-who-are-we\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Who are we<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Finnish Lifeboat Institution is the national umbrella organisation for volunteer maritime rescue associations in Finland. The main purpose of the Finnish Lifeboat Institution is to assist people in distress along the coast and on inland waters. The Institution also promotes boating safety and good seafaring practice in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Porkkala Lifeboat Association is a member of&nbsp; the Finnish Lifeboat Institution<span>. This station was established in 1969. Our area of operation is west from Helsinki. Our station is situated at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porkkalanniemi\">Porkkala peninsula<\/a>, about 17 Nm southwest from Helsinki.<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Rescuing human lives is the most important task of the Porkkala Lifeboat Association (PLBA).&nbsp; Our lifeboats co-operate with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meripelastuskeskus.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coast Guard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.112.fi\/download\/33220_Hake_112esittely_englanti.pdf?b585a597cdd9d688\">Emergency Responce Center Agency<\/a>. Luckily sailors seldom get into life threatening danger, minor damages happen more often..<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n   <div class=\"compass-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meripelastus.fi\/porkkala\/wp-content\/themes\/jarjestot\/img\/smps-kompassi-sininen.png\" width=\"1083\" height=\"110\" class=\"kompassi-block\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are we The Finnish Lifeboat Institution is the national umbrella organisation for volunteer maritime rescue associations in Finland. The main purpose of the Finnish Lifeboat Institution is to assist people in distress along the coast and on inland waters. The Institution also promotes boating safety and good seafaring practice in general. 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