Our Training Officer Alistair Greenough attends City Airport Manchester – Heliport emergency exercise today

by admin | Oct 15, 2014 | General news, Training

This afternoon, an exercise took place at the Heliport part of City Airport and Heliport Manchester (Barton) to test the emergency procedures in place at the airport. The scenario of an aircraft incident at the Heliport was played out, with multiple casualties, and...

Preparation for this weekend’s Foundation Course in Mountain Rescue forms the main basis of this evening’s weekly team meeting

by admin | Oct 15, 2014 | General news

All directly related to training taking place within the team, tonight saw twenty four team members all involved at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ with preparation tasks in advance of this weekends Annual Foundation Course in Mountain Rescue which we not only organise...

6th Farnworth Scouts pay a visit

by admin | Oct 13, 2014 | General news, Lectures/Presentations/Displays

Tonight we were pleased to welcome to our base 6th Farnworth St George’s Scout Group. The group of 13 scouts and 5 leaders were met at our Ladybridge base by experienced Team members Gill Leigh, Matthew Hailwood, Paul Copley (Equipment Officer – Base and...

Incident 86/2014 – Mountain biker on Lyons Den track, Tockholes

by admin | Oct 12, 2014 | 2014, Incident

At 11.37hrs this morning we were paged by NWAS (Lancashire) EOC Broughton, Air Desk despatcher, regards our assistance at an incident in the Tockholes area. Co-incidentally at the same time some members were en route to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to carry out some...

Trainee Search Dog handler Jess Ellsmore training in the Yorkshire Dales today

by admin | Oct 12, 2014 | General news, Training

This morning, our trainee mountain rescue air scenting search dog handler Jess Ellsmore, and her trainee dog Blitz, were in the Yorkshire Dales, carrying out some search dog training with colleagues from Upper Wharfedale MRT, in the Austwick area. Assisting Jess was...