Incident 84/2007

Incident 84/2007

Just before 2pm this afternoon, on what was a gloriously sunny and very warm day, NWAS Greater Manchester Control received a 999 call regarding an accident to an off-road motorcyclist on Cutacre Tip (a coal tip, also known as Lomax Tip and Wharton Lane Tip) on the...
Incident 84/2007

Lancashire Magazine article

This evening at our Wednesday night regular training practice, the team played host to freelance journalist Angela Kelly (formerly of the Bolton Evening News and still a regular contributor to the paper), who came to visit to write an article on the team and its...
Incident 84/2007

Incident 83/2007

With the knowledge that the team already had a small number of team members in team vehicles already around the Rivington and Belmont areas (we always notify our two NWAS Ambulance Controls whenever we are out and about), we were contacted by NWAS (Lancashire) at...
Incident 84/2007

Standby Rescue Cover, Pike View Hike

Today at an incredibly early hour (of 05:30 in the morning!), five team members journeyed to the Bibbys Farm, Limbrick, the campsite of the Bolton Scout Trust, to provide the kit checking team for the 06:00 start of this year’s Pike View Hike. The Pike View Hike...
Incident 84/2007

Support Group clothing

Today the team received ten KEELA Odin lightweight jackets, for use by our Support Group members when engaged on team activities. The jackets are the same colour exactly and style as those issued to our Call Out list members, the only difference being the lack of a...