Ålands Sjöräddningssällskap

Ålands Sjöräddningssällskap r.f. (ÅSRS) is a Finnish non-profit association that carries out voluntary maritime rescue in the waters around Åland. According to its official website, its main task is to conduct voluntary sea rescue within the Åland region, and it invites the public to support its work through donations, membership and becoming a sea rescuer. The association operates a duty phone line and directs emergency calls to the general emergency number 112 and to the maritime rescue coordination centre in Turku. The Swedish Wikipedia article describes Ålands Sjöräddningssällskap as a Finnish non-profit association conducting sea rescue in the waters around Åland. It reports that the society has six rescue stations with ten rescue craft and just under 200 volunteers, and that it is financed mainly with funds from Ålands Penningautomatförening. Its missions range from towing and member assistance to searching for missing persons and firefighting in cooperation with voluntary fire brigades and other fire services. The society is alerted and directed during missions primarily by the Western Finland Coast Guard, part of the Finnish Border Guard, with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Turku (Åbo MRCC) as the control centre for the area. The six rescue stations listed are Mariehamn, Lumparland, Brändö, Eckerö, Saltvik and Vårdö. The official website highlights recent missions such as a ferry breaking loose during towing, member assistance, rescue operations and preventive sea rescue, as well as association events such as the autumn meeting. The association is a civil-society and public-safety organisation rather than a commercial company, but it operates a recognised name and identity in Åland's maritime safety sector.

Ålands Sjöräddningssällskap r.f. is a Finnish non-profit association that conducts sea rescue in the waters around Åland. The Swedish Wikipedia article describes it as a voluntary maritime rescue association in Åland, Finland. It operates six rescue stations — Mariehamn, Lumparland, Brändö, Eckerö, Saltvik and Vårdö — with ten rescue craft and just under 200 volunteers. The society is financed mainly with funds from Ålands Penningautomatförening. Its missions range from towing and member assistance to searching for missing persons and firefighting in cooperation with voluntary fire brigades and other fire services. The society is alerted and directed during missions primarily by the Western Finland Coast Guard, part of the Finnish Border Guard, with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Turku (Åbo MRCC) as the control centre for the area. The official website presents the association as existing for the public, offering ways to donate, become a member or become a sea rescuer, and listing a duty phone number alongside the general emergency number 112 and the maritime rescue centre in Turku. It also publishes recent missions and association news such as the autumn meeting.

• Association operates six rescue stations: Mariehamn, Lumparland, Brändö, Eckerö, Saltvik and Vårdö.

• Association has ten rescue craft and just under 200 volunteers.

• Autumn meeting announced for 21 October at Lumparland station in Långnäs.

Non-profit voluntary maritime rescue association serving the Åland region.

1. 1Ålands Sjöräddningssällskap official websitesjoraddningen.ax
2. 2Ålands Sjöräddningssällskap – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Ålands Sjöräddningssällskap – Swedish Wikipediasv.wikipedia.org