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Arrival at the fire training unit

The Fire Training Unit is located in Upinniemi, Kirkkonummi, in the Upinniemi Garrison area at Upinniementie 1075, Kirkkonummi, Finland. Get Google directions Here.

NOTE! Students arriving for training will wait in the car park outside the garrison gate. The instructor will pick up the whole group 10 minutes before the course starts. Other visitors will drive directly to the gate following the instructions below.

Driving instructions using the car navigator:

Older car navigators do not know the route up to the Meriturvan address. In this case you should enter the address Upinniementie 950, Kirkkonummi. Drive on to the garrison gate, report to the military police and immediately after the gate turn right to the fire training unit. Parking spaces are located behind the training building.

Driving directions from Helsinki:

Coming from Helsinki, take Länsiväyl (road 51) to Kirkkonummi. Exit road 51 at the junction to Upinniemi. Follow the signs to Upinniemi until you reach the gate of the garrison. Report to the military police and immediately after the gate turn right into the fire training unit. Parking is located behind the training building.

Driving instructions from the Rescue Training Unit in Lohja:

Take the Hanko-Hyvinkää road No 25 and turn towards Helsinki. After a couple of kilometres you will come to an exit to Siuntio. Follow the signs for Siuntio and drive through the village of Siuntio. Soon after the church village you will come to a T-junction, turn right and after about 500 metres turn left.

Drive through Siuntio to the end of the road and at the T-junction at the end of the road, turn onto road 51 towards Helsinki. Exit road 51 at the junction to Upinniemi. Follow the signs for Upinniemi until you reach the garrison gate. Report to the military police and immediately after the gate turn right into the fire training unit. Parking is located behind the training building.

Arrival by public transport:

Public transport timetables and directions can be found at From the HSL website.

Arrival at the Rescue Training Unit

The street address of the Rescue Training Unit is Rajapartiokaari 6, Lohja.
Get directions on Google Here.

Map coordinates: (WGS84)

  • 60°14.51´ N
  • 024°03.63´ E

Driving instructions using the car navigator:

Older car navigators do not know the route up to the Meriturvan address. In this case, you should enter the address of the Harju Sports Centre into the navigator. Runokatu 1, Lohja. From the sports centre, follow the Meriturva signs to your destination for about 0.7 km.

Driving directions from Helsinki:

Coming from Helsinki, take the E18 motorway towards Turku, turn towards Lohja at the Lempola exit (No 23) and you will reach a roundabout.

From the second roundabout junction, continue on road No 25 towards Hanko for about 4 km, until the road becomes a two-lane road and you reach a traffic sign for Harju Sports Centre, where you turn right (see top picture on the right).

100 metres away is a roundabout, where you take another exit to the sports centre. Then turn immediately left and follow the Meriturva signs to your destination for about 0.7 km (see second picture on the right).

Driving directions from Turku:

Coming from Turku, take the E18 motorway towards Helsinki and turn towards Lohja at the Lempola exit (No 23), which brings you to a roundabout. From here, continue as if you were coming from Helsinki (see instructions above).

Driving directions from Karjaa-Virkkala direction:

Coming from Karjaa-Virkkala, exit Hanko-Hyvinkää road (No. 25) to the right following the signs to Harju Sports Centre (see the bottom picture on the right) under Hanko-Hyvinkää road up the hill for about 0.5 km, and then take the third exit to the sports centre from the roundabout. Immediately afterwards, turn left and follow the Meriturva signs. It's about 0.7 km to the end.

Driving directions from the centre of Lohja:

If you are driving to the centre of Lohja or coming from Sammati, turn to Kauppakatu, and then immediately left to Vuorisenkatu. Follow Vuorisenkatu up the ridge to the roundabout, where the first exit to the right will bring you to the Harju Sports Centre and the Meriturvan signs. It is approximately 0.7 km to the end of the road.

Arrival by bus:

If arriving by bus, disembark at Lohja bus station. Walk about 350 metres northeast along Kauppakatu, turn right into Koulukatu, which soon becomes Vuorisenkatu. Walk along Vuorisenkatu up the ridge to the roundabout for about 650 metres. The signposts leading to Meriturvaa are on the right. You have about 700 metres to walk along the sports field. Bus timetables can be found at From Matkahuolto's website.