About Paraat

Paraat helps households in the Netherlands put together an emergency kit that fits them. The list is based on the Dutch government’s advice at denkvooruit.nl: be able to manage for 72 hours without help.

Paraat is an independent project, not a government website. Company details and contact information are on the Contact and company details page.

How does Paraat make money?

Links to shops are advertising. If you buy something through one, many shops pay Paraat a commission. You pay the same price. Links to shops where Paraat can earn a commission are marked “Ad” in the list.

How do we choose products?

For each item in the list we choose one product from a budget level (budget, mid-range or premium, matching the chosen package). Within that level we show the product with the lowest price we saw. We then show up to three shops, sorted by lowest price. Commission plays no role in that order, but we only include shops that we know and that are in our catalogue. Not every shop in the list pays us a commission.

AI assistants look for new products and check links, stock and prices. A person does not review the choice of individual products. New list items, wizard questions and guides are always reviewed by a person before they are published. We do not guarantee that a product is suitable, safe or in stock: always read the product information in the shop. Prices are estimates; the price in the shop is what counts. We do not show prices that were last checked more than 14 days ago.

Examples and data for AI assistants

Examples has ready-made lists for common households, such as a family with children or a single person with a cat. They use the same rules as the wizard.

For AI assistants and other software there is a public API: /api/checklist builds a list from the same questions as the wizard, and /api/catalog.json contains every product with prices and the date they were checked. The API deliberately does not accept medical answers (medication, cooled medication or a medical device), because a web address carrying such answers can end up in server logs. You only enter those in the wizard, where they stay in your own browser. Shop links from the API are advertising links too.

Essential, Recommended and Useful show how important a category is; they say nothing about brand or quality.

The Dutch text prevails.