In Transvaal, the local library was turned into a temporary emergency support point for an exercise based on a long power cut.
Residents from neighbourhood networks, welfare and cultural organisations, Haagse Markt traders and city staff took part.
The scenario assumed 16 hours without power, with lifts, lights, phones and internet down and another two or three days to go.
Residents worked out how much they could handle themselves, how they could help each other and when the support point would be needed for information and emergency reports.
One scenario covered the loss of water pressure in a long outage, which can leave people on higher floors without drinking water.
Drawing on local knowledge, the support point quickly arranged for drinking water to go to the people who needed it most.
More exercises follow in Benoordenhout on 14 October, Ypenburg on 19 October and Scheveningen on 26 October, each prepared with residents, sports clubs and religious and cultural groups.
The pilot comes from a national assignment to build experience with emergency support points in all 25 safety regions, and The Hague is working on it with Leidschendam-Voorburg.
The results will be evaluated and then shared with national government.
