WASP has been successfully trialled at Operation Exercise Unified Response – the largest ever emergency services training exercise in Europe.
The device has been designed to save the lives of emergency crews and proved a huge success.
WASP, or Warning Alarm for Stability Protection played a starring role at Exercise Unified Response, an operation coordinated by the London Fire Brigade.
The exercise simulated a tower block collapsing into Waterloo station and was designed to prepare specialist emergency crews for large scale operation with mass casualties.
Cobra
The four day exercise test the contingency planning of more than 70 organisations from mortuaries to the Governments Cobra committee, local counts and search and rescue teams.
WASP co-founder Matt Keogh, said: “It was a huge honour to be given the opportunity to showcase the WASP and the feedback was fantastic.
“We were invited to take part in the exercise following a presentation I mean to National Resilience Forum which was attended by London Fire Brigade.
“They were impressed by the potential of the WASP and wanted to see it action and Operation Unified Response was the perfect opportunity.
“In total we deployed 8 WASPs specifically built for the London Fire Service in a variety of scenarios that included monitoring movement on train carriages, monitoring damaged stair cases, unsupported pieces of concrete and shoring systems.
“Crews from the United Kingdom, Hungary, Cyprus, and Italy all used the WASP during the exercise and found the kit easy to operate.
“The overwhelming feedback from the crews using the WASP during the exercise was the fact they felt reassured by the WASP and they were impressed by its capability in numerous circumstances.”
Unified Response
Operation Exercise Unified Response was a four day exercise conducted in a disused power station near Dartford Crossing and four other venues in the central and south East London transformed into the scene of a huge disaster.
The exercise, costing more than £770,000 and funded by the European Union involved eight real tube carriages, tons of rubble and more than 2,000 volunteers.
The WASP is the result of the collaboration between Keogh, a serving fire fighter with Greater Manchester fire and renewed international search and rescue specialist and Rory O’Rourke, CEO and founder of DATUM Monitoring. DATUM are UK industry leading monitoring and surveying experts.
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