by admin | Apr 17, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 17:16 the team was paged to respond to an LAS call to a walker with a reported leg injury within the Roddlesworth woodland trail at Tockholes. As some team members were already at base, two vehicles made an immediate response. The 35 year old man involved had been...
by admin | Apr 16, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 17:23 GMAS requested the team to assist with the report of an unconscious casualty in an off-road situation, in woodlands in the New Springs area of Wigan. A very quick initial response was made by 2 of our team landrovers from our base, which was manned at the...
by admin | Apr 16, 2006 | General news
During a period of intense peak demand calls made upon the services of GMAS, GMAS Control contacted the team for assistance. 10 team members, crewing 3 team vehicles dealt with 7 calls from 13:06 until the last at 16:44. The calls were all of a domestic nature and...
by admin | Apr 15, 2006 | General news
10 team members in 4 team vehicles provided standby rescue cover for the annual Rivington Pike Junior & Senior Fell Races. Fortunately the team’s services were not required and a good race was had by all. Competitors in the annual Rivington Pike Fell...
by admin | Apr 14, 2006 | General news
16 team members in 4 team vehicles attended the annual Good Friday festivities centered up on Rivington Pike which attract many thousands of visitors to this hilltop location. Despite glorious weather bringing out the crowds, nothing of note occured to warrant the...
