by admin | Jun 20, 2014 | General news
Later today, our Team Equipment Officer, Rope and Stretchers, Mike O’Brien, and team call out list colleague Chris Weatherhead, will be setting off to undertake a mountain challenge event in the Brecon Beacons this weekend, to raise funds for Mountain Rescue Teams...
by admin | Jun 20, 2014 | General news
Readers will recall that on Good Friday, 18th April 2014, we responded to an incident involving a young 11 years old girl, who had sustained a serious knee injury, after stumbling on the slopes of Rivington Pike. The young girl, Chloe Southworth, who had been enjoying...
by admin | Jun 19, 2014 | Safety Cover
This evening twenty two Team Call Out list members and one Team Probationary member in all four of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances along with team members Steve Nelson and Elaine Gilliland’s vehicle, provided standby rescue cover for the annual Aggies...
by admin | Jun 19, 2014 | General news
Each Statutory 999 service we work in association with has an appointed ‘Mountain Rescue Liaison Officer,’ and for a great many recent years this role within Lancashire Constabulary has been performed by Inspector Neil Sherry of the Civil Contingencies Section. Neil’s...
by admin | Jun 18, 2014 | General news
Not previously reported on our website, was a letter received on Saturday 7th June 2014 by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE from our friends at Darwen Rotary Club, following our provision of standby rescue cover for their Tower Trudge Sponsored Walk on Sunday 1st June...
