Sirens
Do you hear the sirens of the air alarm? Go into the nearest building and close doors and windows. Turn on the radio or TV or check Crisis.nl for national crisis situations or zuidlimburgveilig.nl for regional or local disasters, calamities or emergencies. Also check on your cell phone if you have a notification from NL-Alert or from the app zuidlimburgveilig!
Approach
What can you do yourself?
- Stay as calm as possible and think before you act.
- Warn and inform people around you.
- Try to get information from a reliable source. Listen to the disaster channel L1 (teletext page 112) or check crisis.nl
- If you are injured or in acute danger, alert emergency services or try to call others for help.
- If you are not injured yourself, help others whenever possible.
- Follow the instructions of emergency services and authorities.
What to do when the siren goes off:
- enter
- close windows and doors
- listen to the disaster channel L1 (teletext page 112) and follow instructions. Or check crisis.nl and zuidlimburgveilig.nl
- know when it is safe outside again.
Note: stopping the siren does not mean it is safe