Safety and emergencies
Police, fire, disasters, floods and storms, NL-Alert, terrorism threat, public order, fireworks rules.
Stories on safety and emergencies
- Overasselt man, 28, extradited from Germany on suspicion of cocaine smuggling
- Police appeal for witnesses after explosion damages Arnhem front door
- Driver killed on A2 at Breukelen fell ill at the wheel, police say
- Injured man found on Eindhoven street after possible stabbing; police raid two homes
- Police find almost 50 heavy Cobra 20 fireworks bombs in basement of Utrecht flat
- Three arrested after riots and arson in Amsterdam-Noord
- Farm shed destroyed by fire in Berkel en Rodenrijs, fire brigade urges residents to keep windows shut
- Three men arrested in Zoetermeer on suspicion of posing as police to target man, 80
- Amsterdam police seize Italian provider's server at US request
- A2 towards Eindhoven closed after crash between two trucks
- Utrecht criminal Khalid H., known as 'Imo', shot at in Overvecht
- Three more arrests over fatal Nijmegen shooting during the Vierdaagse
- KNMI to issue local code yellow, orange and red warnings from 2 November
- Prosecutors demand six years for Nieuwegein man in fake police officer case
- Prosecutors: Pride 2025 arsons in Amsterdam were planned and had a terrorist motive
- Van Weel urges MPs to speed up law on glorifying terrorism after Dam protest
- Very large fire in warehouse with cars in Aalsmeer, smoke seen above Amsterdam
- Tilburg plans no new measures on Bredaseweg after crash, ten years after fatal accident
- Police seek woman who paid in Utrecht shops with stolen bank details
- Capelle man, 20, held 14 more days on suspicion of terror threat and plot
- Veilig Thuis asks cabinet for €70 million a year as waiting lists grow
- Wrong-way driver killed in A2 crash near Breukelen
- Over 200 municipalities refuse fireworks exemptions for New Year's Eve
- Police run more than 75 activities against online fraud in Zeeland-West-Brabant
- Police seize 60 kilos of cocaine and two firearms in Gilze en Rijen
- Driver, 33, arrested after fatal three-car crash on A16 near Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
- Two men arrested over fatal shooting of Jahfairel, 18, at Nijmegen festivities
- New Denk vooruit campaign asks Dutch to prepare beyond the emergency kit
- Officer who shot man in Tiel home will not be prosecuted
- Overasselt night of violence: 42 suspects arrested after guard shot dead
- Wrong-way driver dies in crash on A2 near Breukelen
- No trains between Rotterdam and Delft until at least Sunday night after arson
- Fire in car park under Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium brought under control
- Police name Ukrainian man as suspect in Overasselt security guard shooting
- Three men arrested near Ghent over Overasselt violence
- Police take servers of malicious proxy service offline
- Amsterdam mayor ends pro-Palestinian protest featuring signs backing Hamas
- Swastikas sprayed on Israeli flags across Nieuw-Lekkerland overnight
- Parliament backs bigger citizen reserve for crises and disasters