It is the municipalities duty to try to prevent disasters and severe incidents. In case of disasters, the municipality coordinates the actions of police, fire brigade and GGD (health care department). To ensure these combined actions are carried out swiftly the involved members train and practice regularly.
On a National level security has the undivided attention of the Ministry of Justice. Especially on the subject of prevention.
Emergency checklist (PDF-document 81 KB)
Emergency planner (PDF-document 38 KB)
This website contains information concerning what you should do in emergencies and how you can prepare for them. There is an important document in English that you can download and print here:
What to do in case of an Emergency.
Keep this list somewhere safe.
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http://denkvooruit.nl/english/ This site focuses on eleven types of emergencies:
- Large fire
- Terrorist attack
- Traffic accident
- Epidemic
- Danger of building collapse
- Civil disorder
- Extreme weather conditions
- If the electricity, gas, water or telephone is cut off
- Flooding
- Nuclear disaster
- Chemical emergency