by admin | Feb 16, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today the team received a £20.00 donation from Miss B. McIvor of Farnworth, Bolton. In a letter accompanying her very kind and thoughtful donation, Miss McIvor writes; “Please accept this donation in the memory of my Brother in Law, Mr Tony Mercer of...
by admin | Feb 14, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Whilst responding to Incident 45, the team was paged at 18.06hrs by Lancashire Constabulary regards three missing hill walkers lost in the dark and in nil visibility misty conditions on the local moorlands. Answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, it was quickly...
by admin | Feb 14, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At 17.53hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Lancashire) with the report of a woman ’fitting’ in the Terraced Gardens at Rivington. (the womans party having specifically advised that Mountain Rescue would be required in regards to the...
by admin | Feb 14, 2010 | General news
Following Incident 44, and whilst still at Lower House Car Park (carrying out a ’hot debrief’ on our provision of standby rescue cover for Winter Hill Fell Race) the team was approached by a Mountain Biker reporting a collapsed dog with its owners, on...
by admin | Feb 14, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Whilst in the later stages of providing standby Rescue cover for the annual Winter Hill Fell Race (See separate news item), at 13.25hrs team member Michael O’Brien at Lower House Car Park, Rivington, was approached by a member of the public reporting her brother in...
