by admin | Mar 5, 2006 | 2006, Incident
GMAS requested the team’s help late this afternoon with direct assistance duties for a GMAS peak demand period. The team was asked to place its four Mountain Rescue Landrovers on full standby at our Ladybridge Hall base, and to respond at the direction of GMAS...
by admin | Mar 5, 2006 | General news
After an initial trial of an Aiguille Alpine trauma sac beginning in June last year, 6 specially designed trauma sacs (1 for each of our 4 vehicles, 1 for our Ladybridge Hall base as an in-use spare and 1 for the Control Trailer) have been brought into service today....
by admin | Mar 4, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 14:03 today the Team Leader was contacted by LAS, who requested our assistance at an incident in Rivington. The team was initially asked to RV at the Rivington Lower Barn, to assist with a sledger who had injured her back. The experience of local area knowledge...
by admin | Mar 4, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 12:05 our Team Leader was contacted by GMAS with the report of 2 children having fallen through the ice, at a lodge in the Hindley Green area. With members already at base locations, and two team vehicles already out in the team’s area, an immediate response was...
by admin | Mar 4, 2006 | General news
As on many previous occasions, the team was happy today to assist Bolton Countryside Ranger Service with some basic map and compass navigation instruction and training. Team members (and it goes without saying expert map readers) Andy Ryding and Fred Taylor met up...
