by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | General news
On Tuesday evening 28th January 2015, a small party of Guides and Leaders from 5th Cheetham Guides, visited us at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, at the end of which they made a kind donation to us of £25.00. This evening our Team Secretary Gillian Gregory received the...
by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Training
Following on from similar training yesterday, today at GMFRS Bolton North Community Fire Station / Crompton Way, where we garage our Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulance, Bolton Mobile 1, courtesy of GMFRS, two team members assembled for a day of rope work...
by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Training
Some readers may be aware that this year, April 1st to be precise, sees the start of the disbandment and wind down of the RAF, Royal Navy / Fleet Air Arm / HMCG existing UK Helicopter Search and Rescue provision, and its total civilianisation under a new long lasting...
by admin | Jan 27, 2015 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
The ‘first’ visit by a group this new year to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ took place today, when six Guides and three Leaders from 5th Cheetham Guides, arrived at 19.30hrs this damp evening. They were met by operational members Mike Marsh, Naomi Horan, Matthew...
by admin | Jan 27, 2015 | General news
SARCALL is the activation and incident logging system – with many other features, increasingly becoming adopted at a national level within MREW. Each mountain rescue region also has appointed ‘Silver’ Officers, in the case of MPSRO, our regional body, the two ‘Silver’...
by admin | Jan 27, 2015 | Training
Meeting at 10.00hrs at GMFRS Bolton North Community Fire Station / Crompton Way, where we garage our Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulance, Bolton Mobile 1, courtesy of GMFRS, four team members assembled for a day of rope work training. Present was our...
by admin | Jan 25, 2015 | 2015, Incident
On Tuesday 20th January 2015, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by a GMP Police Search Advisor, regards a GMP missing person search enquiry, concerning a male aged 59, who had been missing since Wednesday 14th January 2015. The search for this...
by admin | Jan 23, 2015 | General news
Today has been another busy day for a small group of team members at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, given that they are all volunteers and their time is precious. Many of our readers will be aware our members freely attend training and other team events, alongside...
by admin | Jan 23, 2015 | General news
Thursday 29th January 2015 marks the commencement of another period of industrial action affecting NWAS and other Ambulance Services nationwide, following the first period that started on 13th October 2014 and lasted for circa a week, and a second period starting...
by admin | Jan 23, 2015 | Donations
We are extremely pleased to announce via the Charities Aid Foundation, a very kind and thoughtful donation of £124.69p from Mark Wigley, of Meducate Training Limited, Colchester, Essex. Mark Wigley took part as a member of Remote Medic UK in our Joint Day Exercise of...
