Risicokaart.nl allows you to discover the risks in your area by entering your post code or place of residence. You can see whether there is an increased risk in your area of, for instance, an aviation accident, natural fires or floods and you receive advice about what you must do in such a case.
About the risk map
Cause and aim
The images of a ravaged residential area after the firework disaster in Enschede are engraved on many memories. And many still remember the New Year fire in Volendam. The then cabinet decided that risks must be better mapped out and that everyone in the Netherlands must be informed about the risks in their own vicinity. The risk map was developed for this purpose.
Cause and aim
Who draws up the risk map?
Quite a number of parties are involved in drawing up the risk map, namely: the State, provinces and municipalities, security regions, emergency services and water boards. As regards the municipalities, the most important contributing parties are the fire brigade and the environmental services.
Who draws up the risk map?
What are the risks indicated on the map?
The Dutch government has defined eighteen types of disasters. Thirteen of these are linked to a specific location.
What are the risks indicated on the map?
For whom is the risk map intended?
Do I live in a location where there is a greater risk of disasters or accidents? Or do I work in an area where there are many risks? And what are the disasters involved? The risk map has been drawn up for all those searching for answers to these questions: inhabitants of the Netherlands, government policymakers, the police and the fire brigade.
For whom is the risk map intended?
