Indian’s National Disaster Response Force have received training with the WASP.
WASP founder Matt Keogh flew train 80 members of the specialist NDRF team in New Delhi.
The NDRF were one of the first international teams to purchase the Warning Alarm for Stability Protection.
They purchased ten WASP units as part of an extended trial period and will be adding more once enough operatives are fully trained.
Keogh, said: “It was a great pleasure to return to India and work with the NDRF team, they are thrilled with the WASP and see the obvious advantages.
“India is special to me because that is where this is all started for me, the earthquake that devastated Gujarat in 2001 was the inspiration for me to create this equipment.
“The NDRF team deal with a huge variety of disasters and the WASP has become crucial to them as it provides crucial early warning for them as they work.
“The key for the WASP is the simplicity of use and the fact that is so portable as the teams here deal with earthquakes, flooding, fires and other disasters.
“All those trained received a certificate to recognise the fact they have completed a training course and I look forward to returning to train other members of the team.”
The Indian training trip was particularly poignant for WASP creator Keogh, as it was where the original concept for the WASP was conceived.
Keogh was part of the UKISAR team that flew to India following the 2001 earthquake. More than 20,000 were killed, 166,000 people injured and more than 600,000 left homeless.
He and the UK team were hailed as heroes after rescuing a young boy and his mother, buried alive for three days.
Keogh was invited to join the NDRF by the Indian Government following a presentation he provided for the INSARAG Team leaders meeting in Japan in 2016.
