Safe everyday villages in Hollola

30.10.2025: The village safety groups have now been selected and they include a total of 23 village residents or organization representatives interested in preparing. Thank you to everyone who bravely participated! An email reminder of the orientation date has been sent to everyone who registered.

14.10.2025: Applications for village safety groups are open. The project has also approached associations operating in villages whose contact information has been publicly available.

8.10.2025: Marketing materials have been sent to the villages participating in the project by email today. At the same time, representatives of the village association's village safety group have been informed about the orientations.

The dates for the village safety group orientations for November have been confirmed:

• Hämeenkoski village safety group orientation on November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM-7:30 PM in the fireplace room of the Koski community center. There will be no coffee served at the event.
• Vesikansa village safety group orientation on November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Kalliola School, science class C143. There will be no coffee served at the event.
• Hollola parish village safety group orientation on November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM-7:30 PM at Vanha Kunnantupa. There will be no coffee served at the event.
• Miekkiö village safety group orientation on November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM-7:30 PM in Kisala. There will be no coffee served at the event.

Note: Orientations are only intended for people selected for the village safety group.

22.9.2025: After the village safety assessment, the project will recruit village safety teams for the villages participating in the project (Paimela, Hämeenkoski, Miekkiö and Kirkonkylä). The teams will consist of local residents, a representative of the village association and representatives of local organizations. The application is open to all residents of the four villages.

The groups operate independently with the support of the project, also determining how often the group wants to meet. All groups will be introduced to their tasks in November 2025, village-specific. The group will vote, including a chairperson, who will be responsible for promoting the group's activities. The groups are not registered associations and do not have a budget.

The project will form village-level village safety groups to support the work and ensure continuity. Through the village safety groups, a village-specific village safety plan, contingency cards, an event safety guide and a village event rescue plan template will be produced. In addition, we will consider a possible backup communication network in case of disruptions, and as the project progresses, a small exercise for the village can be planned. There is no need to start from scratch, as there is a lot of ready-made material that can be used to tailor the activities of your own village.

A 72-hour home improvement training course will be organized free of charge for the villages participating in the project. The events are open to all village residents. Marketing materials will be distributed to the village associations participating in the project during the autumn. The first 50 people per event will receive a guide from the training. There is no pre-registration for the training and it does not include coffee. The rights to make changes are reserved.

72-hour training dates:

14.1.2026 at 6-7:30 p.m. Hämeenkoski: Koski club (venue: hall)

20.1.2026 at 6-7:30 p.m. Miekkiö: Kisala

28.1.2026 at 6-7:30 p.m. Water People: Kalliola School Dining Hall

5.2.2026 17-19 pm Hollola Municipal Center: Main Library. The Päijät-Häme rescue service is participating in the training.

11.2.2026 6-7:30 p.m. Kirkonkylä: Old municipal hall

The survey response period has been extended. 30.11.2025 until.

The purpose of the two-year Kylävara project, co-funded by the EU, is to strengthen the preparedness and security work of villages and local communities. As part of the project, in the village house survey Information is collected on properties and sites located in villages that can serve as a gathering place and information point for villagers in various disruption, accident and crisis situations.

The mapping will be carried out throughout Finland. The work will start in autumn 2025 and is scheduled to be completed by early 2026. Information about the mapped sites in the region will also be reported to the welfare region and municipalities to support emergency planning and preparedness work.

In cooperation between the Finnish Villages Association and provincial village actors

The village house survey is carried out in cooperation between the Finnish Villages Association's national Village Resources project and the regional village associations.

The Kylävara project is responsible for planning the survey and the questionnaire to be sent to the villages, and for producing the necessary support materials. The provincial village associations are responsible for the practical implementation of the survey and for communicating the results of the survey to the municipalities and the welfare region.

Village Reserve Project (1.10.2024–30.9.2026) is financed from the EU's Rural Development Fund.

For more information about the village house survey in your region:

Villages of Päijät-Häme, info@phkylat.fi tel. +044 712 4208

The survey and more information can be found here: Village house survey – answer the survey by September 30.9th | Päijät-Hämeen Villages

15.10.2025: The survey received a total of 199 responses from all over Hollola. Thank you to all the respondents!

19.9.2025: The villages involved in the project have received electronic access to the survey, including social media materials and links, along with instructions. The survey can be shared by all residents, organizations, and actors in the village. The project hopes for a large number of responses to the survey from all over Hollola.

18.9.2025: The villages that have registered for the project (Paimela, Kirkonkylä, Hämeenkoski) have been approached with a welcome letter electronically. Village safety surveys will begin on September 23.9rd with an electronic survey in the villages. The survey will be open until October 14.10th. All residents of the municipality of Hollola, regardless of their place of residence, can respond to the survey in order to obtain a comprehensive picture of the situation.

After analysis, the results of the survey will be made available to the authorities and the municipality in the project group for the development of preparedness. In addition, the village safety groups that will be established locally later will have access to the information, for example, to create and update the village rescue plan.

August 26.8.2025, XNUMX: A village safety survey will be conducted for the villages participating in the project during the autumn, which will provide valuable information for village safety groups and authorities to use in support of safety development. The survey will also be distributed to locally operating organizations.
In addition, 72-hour home emergency training will be organized for the villages participating in the project in early 2026. You can read more about home emergency training above in the section “72-hour home emergency training in Paimela, Hämeenkoski, Miekkiö and Kirkonkylä”.

The village search for the project has ended on September 17.9th.