by admin | May 31, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 19:55 this evening the team was contacted by Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service to assist with an incident near Wilton quarries, Belmont. GMFRS had responded to a call for assistance from NWAS, crashed through the barriers on Scout Road and then travelled...
by admin | May 31, 2012 | General news
Click here for a link to a 360 degree image from Tuesdays Lancashire Fire Operation Group exercise, taken from Bleasdale Fell. Thanks to our colleagues from Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team for the image.
by admin | May 31, 2012 | General news
Today, the Team learned of an incident involving [Daniel] the son of Greater Manchester’s Fire and Rescue search dog handler, Mike Dewar. Dan was attending a charity football game at Old Trafford on Sunday as a spectator. Whilst transitting to the ground, a road...
by admin | May 29, 2012 | General news
In line with many other areas in the United Kingdom that are now facing increasing risk from large “Wildfires” (In this area grass and moorland fires), after considerable work on the subject Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service decided to form a Lancashire...
by admin | May 27, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 15:36 this very sunny and very hot afternoon, the team was paged by North West Ambulance Service (Lancashire) who were requesting our assistance at an incident on the slopes of Winter Hill, near Belmont. The call was immediately answered by our Team Leader, and...
