by admin | Sep 24, 2014 | 2014, General news, Incident
At 20:00 this evening, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE contacted the GMP Force Duty Officer to inform GMP (routinely) of our Wednesday evening exercise location, when coincidentally in reply the GMP FDO informed Garry that the team was being considered to take part...
by admin | Sep 24, 2014 | General news, Training
Tonight the team was preparing to conduct a novel exercise on the moors above Darwen, in co-operation with two colleagues from Rossendale & Pendle MRT. The exercise scenario was that a mountain biker had become unseated whilst riding his bike on Darwen Moor,...
by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
Tonight Team Call Out list members Gill Leigh, Matthew Hailwood, Jess Ellsmore and trainee member Blitz (our trainee search dog) were pleased to welcome to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ twelve members of Horwich St John Ambulance Cadets along with four of their...
by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
GMFRS Bolton North Community Fire Station, located on Crompton Way, Bolton, is where we base / garage our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance, radio call sign ‘Bolton Mobile 1,’ with grateful thanks to GMFRS. Team member Nigel Booth, our Equipment Officer – Medical,...
by admin | Sep 21, 2014 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
On Thursday 18th September we reported within the ‘news’ section of our website, a visit the team made to Year 7 and 8 at Wellfield High School, Yewlands Drive, Leyland, as part of the schools ‘Team Building Day.’ Attending in our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance...
