{"id":214,"date":"2017-04-20T06:50:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T03:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenttis.shh.fi\/drupmigr\/index.php\/2017\/04\/20\/visit-to-finnish-red-cross-logistics-centre-with-the-humanitarian-logistics-course-students\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T18:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T16:48:08","slug":"visit-to-finnish-red-cross-logistics-centre-with-the-humanitarian-logistics-course-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/2017\/04\/20\/visit-to-finnish-red-cross-logistics-centre-with-the-humanitarian-logistics-course-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to Finnish Red Cross Logistics Centre with the Humanitarian logistics course students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-humlog-to-blog-link field--type-link-field field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-published-on field--type-ds field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">20.4.2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-humlog-blog-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">(February 13th 2017)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">As a part of Humanitarian logistics course, 16 students had the opportunity to visit the Finnish Red Cross logistics centre in Kalkku, Tampere. Ari M\u00e4ntyvaara, logistic coordinator, was the guide during the visit of the centre and shared with the participants some of his experiences of operations on the field.<\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5126:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.jpg\" style=\"float: left;width: 167px;height: 125px;margin: 1px\" title=\"1.jpg\">\u00a0 Finnish Red Cross logistics centre is the only warehouse of FRC in Finland, which means that it is a very centralised system. Its location has been chosen as it is considered as the middle of Finland in terms of population repartition in the territory. The building used to be a factory facility, which was extended in 2009. Some additional outsourced warehouses are also used around Tampere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CxSpMiddle\" style=\"text-align:justify\">In the Finnish Red Cross Logistics Centre, 15 people are working full time.<\/p>\n<p>The students had the opportunity to visit 3 different areas of the centre:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where donated clothing is sorted<\/li>\n<li>Where material aid is stored<\/li>\n<li>Where online shop goods are stored<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And to know more about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is an Emergency Response Unit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><u>Where donated clothing is sorted<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here is where all the clothing donated in Finland is collected, checked, carefully packed and stored before being sent for the target countries. Clothing comes from private donors, either individuals or companies.<\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5127:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2.jpg\" title=\"2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The Logistics Centre of the Finnish Red Cross offers subsidised work placements for the long-term unemployed people. This means that a part of the staff, around twenty people, is composed of people who used to be long-term unemployed and who need to receive support as they are for different reasons excluded from the regular job market. The Red Cross decides to give them the opportunity to work, but a part of the salary is paid by public money. The purpose is for the employees to gain working experiences, thus to have better chance to find a regular job and overall a better situation in the society. Through employing people in need, the Red Cross Finland is also having a positive impact locally.<\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5128:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5.jpg\" title=\"5.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><u>Where material aid is stored<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The Logistics Centre maintains the Finnish Red Cross\u2019 international ability to help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">This mission can be divided into 3 mains tasks:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\">\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">Taking care of the procurement needed for disaster relief and development cooperation activities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The procurement rules are based on Finnish legislation, EU regulations and the rules of the Humanitarian Aid department of the European Commission (ECHO). In order to ensure a uniform quality of emergency aid, the international Red Cross has developed standards for the most commonly used aid products. The Finnish Red Cross ensure that all purchases are made cost-effectively and according to the indicators such as quality, suitability (regarding the context of the delivery countries), and time of delivery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\" style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\">\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Taking care of storage, packing and transport of aid supplies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Stocks are composed of tents, blankets, water cans, mosquito nets, hygiene packages\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5129:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"10.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10.jpg\" title=\"10.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">The disaster preparedness in term of shelter capacity stored at the warehouse is composed of full shelter and NFI (non-food item) package for 2000 families (10000 people), this includes for example 2000 tents and 2000 kitchen sets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5130:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"9.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9.jpg\" title=\"9.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- END scald=5130 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\" style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\">\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Maintaining a national stockpile for disasters<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Aid supplies needed for sudden domestic disasters are also stored in the centre. The Finnish Red Cross has entered into an agreement for the storage of aid supplies with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nesa.fi\/security-of-supply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Emergency Supply Agency<\/a>. The Finnish Red Cross procures and stores the items on behalf of the NESA, and makes sure that those are used on good time regarding their expiration date, while NESA provides the funding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5131:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<p><!-- END scald=5131 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5131:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><u>Where online shop goods are stored<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- scald=5132:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"15.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/15.jpg\" style=\"float: left;margin: 2px\" title=\"15.jpg\" width=\"292\" height=\"219\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.punaisenristinkauppa.fi\/\">http:\/\/www.punaisenristinkauppa.fi\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"image\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"image\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"image\">Red Cross Finland receives some funding by selling marketing products. Every product available in the online shop is carefully stored.<\/div>\n<div class=\"image\">Red Cross Finland is also here having a positive impact on the local community as they are employing young people who are at the same time learning to become logistics professionals.<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><u>What is an Emergency Response Unit? <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">When something happens, like a natural disaster, being able to provide solutions locally quickly and efficiently is crucial to help people in need and save lives. Emergency Response Units are created to respond to needs that are beyond the local, national, and regional Red Cross\/Red Crescent capacities.<\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5133:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"19.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.jpg\" title=\"19.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>The Emergency Response Unit of Red Cross Finland is composed of:<\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5133:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>General field hospital<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>Surgical field hospital<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>Basic health clinic; both fixed location and mobile versions<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>Relief<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>Logistics<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>IT and communication<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- scald=5134:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/16.jpg\" title=\"16.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- scald=5139:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"26.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/26.jpg\" title=\"26.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- scald=5141:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The Finnish Red Cross is one of the only local Red Cross able to deploy a field hospital and this within two days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">At the end of the mission, the equipment remains in the country in order to support local actors improving their capacity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Red Cross delegates are working together and supporting local Red Cross\/Red Crescent staff and volunteers. Local Red Cross\/Red Crescent is always the first to take action; they have the local knowledge and language skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Here is the list of international operations in which Red Cross Finland has been involved. In addition, Red Cross Finland has been and is really much involved in the reception of asylum seekers and refugees in Finland.<\/p>\n<p><!-- scald=5140:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"liste.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/liste.jpg\" title=\"liste.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- scald=5136:sdl_editor_representation --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20.4.2017 (February 13th 2017) As a part of Humanitarian logistics course, 16 students had the opportunity to visit the Finnish Red Cross logistics centre in Kalkku, Tampere. 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