by admin | May 30, 2006 | General news
This evening the second group of team members travelled to enjoy the hospitality of RNLI Fleetwood Lifeboat station enjoyed somewhat calmer conditions than those who visited last week. In fact this week our members who ventured out in the RIB and on board the relief...
by admin | May 28, 2006 | General news
With grateful thanks to Salmons Caterers Limited, the team today held a second hand book sale at Rivington Hall Barn. The team has been collecting second hand books (excellent quality only, generally read the once from purchase) for a while now, mostly donated by our...
by admin | May 27, 2006 | General news
Its been quite a while since we last had a Sea King Search and Rescue helicopter working with the team on the local moorlands, indeed the last time was in very tragic circumstances when in February 2000 a Robinson helicopter crashed on Heapey Moor with three...
by admin | May 24, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 14:02 today, Greater Manchester Police contacted the team for assistance regarding a 79 year old resident of Smithills, Bolton, missing from home, with Police being very concerned for his well being. A comprehensive localised search was then planned, centred...
by admin | May 23, 2006 | General news
The team has a policy of joint exercising with other emergency services and emergency providers, including those we work with, and sometimes those we do not work with. From such exercises we can gain an interesting insight into how others work and operate, which helps...
