by admin | Feb 5, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 17.34hrs this evening we were paged by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to mobilise as part of their PDA (Pre Determined Attendance) for structures and vertical line rescue, to the report of two children stuck at the top of a crane in Leigh. With team...
by admin | Feb 5, 2009 | Donations, General news
On the morning of 5th February 2009, four team members, Ken Oakes, Fred Taylor, George Pike and Elaine Gilliland travelled in one of the team vehicles to the Sutton Estate Community Centre in Bolton to receive a donation from C.A.L.L. On arrival at the Community...
by admin | Feb 5, 2009 | General news
On the evening of Tuesday 27th January 2009, members of the St John’s Church Men’s Fellowship visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, kindly donating £21.00, with a promise to raise a donation for the team. Today our Team Leader, Garry Rhodes MBE,...
by admin | Feb 2, 2009 | 2009, Incident
With wintry conditions persisting into the early evening, and with more snow showers forecast for later into the evening, at 18:30 this evening the team placed its 4 Landrover Mountain Rescue Ambulances on standby at our Ladybridge Hall base to be available in case of...
by admin | Feb 2, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 08:38 this morning we were paged by NWAS (Lancashire) to provide standby assistance to the Ambulance Service due to the wintry road conditions prevailing and the forecast of more snow on the way. Balancing a potential requirement to also be available for NWAS...
