by admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Training
This evening the operational team membership was up on the flanks of Winter Hill taking part in an exercise devised by our Equipment Officer – Water Dave Cook. Meeting at Hordern Stoops car park, the exercise commenced at 20.00hrs and involved the firing of the rocket...
by admin | Nov 8, 2015 | General news
In the early hours of the cold winter morning of Tuesday 16th November 1943, a Wellington Mk 1c twin engined bomber of 28 OTU (Operational Training Unit) Royal Air Force, crashed with the sad loss of all aircrew onto Anglezarke Moor north of Bolton, in the area now...
by admin | Nov 8, 2015 | Training
Today saw three team members complete another weekend of SARDA training activities. Team members Elaine Gilliland and Steve Nelson, both of SARDA Wales, attended the SARDA Wales monthly training weekend alongside Trailing Search Dog Boris. Whilst present on this...
by admin | Nov 8, 2015 | 2015, Incident
In an almost repeat (time wise) of yesterday, and whilst still on the SARDA Wales monthly training weekend, at 06.30hrs early this morning, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, with Trailing Search Dog Boris, and Elaine Gilliland as navigator,...
by admin | Nov 7, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 08:55 this morning the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service (Broughton EOC) via SARCALL. NWAS were requesting our assistance at an incident on the moors above Darwen. A 51 year old female had reportedly been thrown from her horse after it had been...
