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What do you need to run a great ambulance service? In our series looking at the brands that make our lives work, we visited the City of Helsinki Rescue Department to find out. It employs 570 full-time rescue and emergency personnel and, in 2006, carried out almost 37,000 paramedic missions. The department designs and develops much of the equipment it uses in conjunction with leading manufacturers.
Research: Alicia Kirby Research: Liv Lewitschnik Photographer: Janne Lehtinen
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