Punainen Risti Ensiapu is part of the preparedness and response framework of the Finnish Red Cross and the whole country. Our proceeds go towards supporting the domestic aid operations of the Finnish Red Cross and thereby benefit all of us living in Finland.
Punainen Risti Ensiapu opened for business on 1 September 2017. The company is wholly owned by the headquarters and districts of the Finnish Red Cross, and our activities are governed by the principles of the Red Cross, a code of ethics and the desire to protect life. Get to know the board here.
Punainen Risti Ensiapu and its extensive network of partners train first-aiders who have the confidence and the ability to act in an emergency. We are a part of the preparedness and response framework of the Finnish Red Cross and the whole country. Our proceeds go towards supporting the domestic readiness operations of the Finnish Red Cross.
We are a social enterprise that works for the common good. Our mission is to promote health, wellbeing and health security.
Our operations contribute to making the Finnish Red Cross the leading first aid organisation in the country, both in terms of giving aid and providing first aid training.
The Training Programmes unit is responsible for the administration, development and production of implementation guidelines and learning resources for Red Cross first aid courses. FRC first aid courses are the best known and most esteemed first aid courses in Finland. An authentic FRC first aid course has a title with the prefix FRC.
We also run FRC First Aid Instructor training events and act as the administrator of the electronic training and competence system Competence Admin.
We have approximately 600 partner organisations that run first aid courses in accordance with the Red Cross training programmes across Finland.
Get to know us better at ensiavunkouluttajat.fi.
Contact us and we will be happy to help you with any questions you may have about FRC first aid courses and first aid training. You can also use our digital feedback form to tell us what you liked and maybe did not like about your FRC first aid course.
