NWAS (Manchester) wintry conditions standby

NWAS (Manchester) wintry conditions standby

Today, with wintry conditions continuing throughout the whole of the Greater Manchester area, the team was requested by NWAS (Manchester) to go to crewed vehicle standby at our Ladybridge Hall base. This commenced at circa 11:00, finishing at circa 17:30. Throughout...
NWAS (Manchester) wintry conditions standby

Membership recruitment latest

We have now received to date 39x on line membership applications and 7 letters and emails to join the team, all of whom have received an invitation to attend our Thursday evening January 21st 2010 and all day Sunday January 24th 2010 recruitment sessions. To date 14x...
NWAS (Manchester) wintry conditions standby

Incident 13/2010

At circa 19:45 this evening, with a small number of team members remaining at our Ladybridge Hall base after the day’s numerous incidents, team member Mike Marsh was contacted by former team member Jonathan Holt of Tyldesley, advising us of an incident near to his...
NWAS (Manchester) wintry conditions standby

Donation from a member of the public

Whilst the team was engaged in the snow cover today, we were assisting stuck motorists on the A58, Beaumont Road, Bolton. After a team vehicle towed a stuck car out from the snow, a grateful member of the public pressed two £5 notes into our hands, as a donation...
NWAS (Manchester) wintry conditions standby

Incident 12/2010

At 04:31 in the early hours of this morning following a very heavy overnight snowfall (which was continuing) the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Control to respond to a casualty in the Eccles area, with heart problems due to the responding ambulance being stuck in...