by admin | Feb 26, 2013 | General news
On Tuesday 29th January 2013, we reported within our website on the visit by our Team President Bob Hutchinson, to Westhoughton Visiting Service. Held at their meeting venue of Westhoughton Community Learning Centre, on Central Drive, Westhoughton, Bob outlined the...
by admin | Feb 25, 2013 | 2013, Incident
Today our specialist Mountain Rescue Trailing Dog Boris and his handler Steve Nelson, assisted by our Training Officer Elaine Gilliland (who acted as their navigator), were called out today to assist Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team with a search for a missing...
by admin | Feb 24, 2013 | General news
On Saturday 16th February 2013, seven members of the team’s Support Group and one friend of the team were on duty over eight hours at ASDA Astley Bridge for our first charity store collection of 2013. Not only was this our first store collection of 2013, it is...
by admin | Feb 23, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 11:06 hours this morning the team was called by NWAS (Lancashire) for assistance with an incident on Winter Hill involving a reported crashed paraglider. At 11:10 a full team callout was initiated with our first vehicle (BM3) leaving our Ladybridge Hall Base HQ at...
by admin | Feb 22, 2013 | General news
This evening the team provided standby rescue cover for the Darwen Dashers second annual night-time fell race, the affectionately named “Mr. Sparkle’s Dark ’Un”. Starting at 19:30 at The Royal Arms in Tockholes, a total of 62 runners took part...
