The American Jewish Committee (AJC) and United Hatzalah have teamed up to train first responders in India and Sri Lanka in mass casualty incidents and disaster management.

The mission, funded by the AJC, is bringing five experts from United Hatzalah of Israel to numerous locations throughout India and Sri Lanka to help train members of local response organizations in how to provide quick and effective emergency response to large-scale emergencies ranging from natural disasters to terror attacks.

Local participants in the mission include the Indian Red Cross, 108 emergency system (India’s 911) and local responders such as Fire and Rescue as well as emergency medical service (EMS) crews from each of the cities participating.

The mission began on Sunday in Gurugram and continued on to New Delhi.