WIPP™ Picture Gallery

Waitaki River Township Flood Response Deployment - May 2009

The WIPP was deployed at the Waitaki River town ship to protect the homes from flooding.

Flood Response Course - Tauranga - August 2008

Members from the Tauranga Rescue Team, attending the 2 day Flood Response Course.

Fernside, North Canterbury Flood Response Deployment - July 2008

Two 2ft WIPP’s were deployed in Fernside, North Canterbury to divert flood water from a breach in a stream around a home.

Sefton, North Canterbury Flood Response Deployment - June 2008

When the stream behind the town of Sefton in North Canterbury burst its banks after heavy rain, Hydro Response deployed two WIPP barriers and diverted the water from this home keeping it dry.

Flood Response Course - New Plymouth - June 2008

Members from the Taranaki Red Cross and Rescue Team, attending the 2 day Flood Response Course.

Flood Response Course - Palmerston North - June 2008

Members from the Palmerston North Rescue Team and Red Cross staff from Palmerston North and Hawkes Bay, attending the 2 day Flood Response Course.

Flood Response Course - Nelson - May 2008

Members from the Nelson and Blenheim Red Cross, Rural Fire and REST Teams, attending the 2 day Flood Response Course.

Palmerston North Flood Response Course August 2006

Participants getting the chance to work with the WIPP™ system.

WIPP Barrier Palmerston North Flood Response Course 2006

Canterbury Royal Show 2006

The WIPP™ system on display at the Canterbury Royal Show.

Whakatane Flood Response Course July 2006

The WIPP™ system was set up to create a pond on sloping ground near a river. The effectiveness of the results are easy to see. The WIPP™ barriers were inflated using water pressure from a fire hydrant.

WIPP Barrier at Flood Response Course 2006

National Fieldays 2006

The WIPP™ system on display at Mystery Creek.