by admin | Jan 23, 2010 | General news
Readers of our website may recall that on Saturday 17th October 2009, a group of team members journeyed to RAF Valley to undertake Sea King rescue helicopter familiarisation training. (See account dated the same) The second group was scheduled to go on 14th November,...
by admin | Jan 21, 2010 | General news
Since advertising for new call out list members it’s true to say we were overwhelmed with potential membership enquiries, some less serious than others but overall resulting in 48x people expressing an initial interest in joining the team. Some 40x of these...
by admin | Jan 21, 2010 | General news
This afternoon our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE answered a pager call from Lancashire Constabulary, requesting the teams possible assistance with a search for a missing man in the Scorton area of Lancashire. This search was within the operational area of our...
by admin | Jan 20, 2010 | General news
At present our team benefits from data link and radio equipment which gives us direct contact with NWAS (Manchester) and to a slightly lesser degree with NWAS (Lancashire). With the migration of all the statutory emergency services, including NWAS, to the O2 Airwaves...
by admin | Jan 20, 2010 | Donations, General news
Steve Farnan of Bamber Bridge was due to attend our January 2010 new member intake sessions but due to family issues at the last moment, he found himself unable to attend such. We offered to refund in view of his circumsatnces his £7.50 booking confirmation,...