by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | 2011, Incident
Now back at Rivington, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, was directly tasked at 14.12hrs, by Lancashire Constabulary Officers in the area, to send a Team Vehicle and render assistance to a woman who had been bitten by a dog, in the vicinity of the Great House Barn...
by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At the conclusion of the previous incident, a large number of our team members decided to avail themselves of the excellent catering facilities of the cafe immediately next to White Coppice Cricket Club. You can guess the next bit, another Call Out, at 12.36hrs, this...
by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | 2011, Incident
Whilst present in the Rivington area, associated with the Good Friday Rivington Pike Festivities, and with Ambulance and Police Control Rooms aware of this, at 12.05hrs we were requested by NWAS (Lancashire) and the NWAA Tasking Desk, to respond to the report of a...
by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | General news
The annual Rivington Pike Fair celebrations took place today on Georges Lane, just below Rivington Pike, on a very warm and very sunny day. The Fair, having been held for over 100 years saw an enthusiastic turn out of people trekking from the bottom of the slopes up...
by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | General news
Today the BSF Ladies’ Rounders League held their annual sponsored walk/run. All those who took part can choose to raise 50% of their sponsorship monies for Bolton MRT and 50% for their Rounders team or donate 100% to Bolton MRT. The event started from Darcy...
by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | Donations, General news
Following our commissioning of our new vehicles on Wednesday 20th April, and a degree of rationalisation of our team kit, we ended up with some surplus box containers, and ’retired’ ropes at the end of the day. Team member Steve O’Hara, who is a...
by admin | Apr 21, 2011 | General news
This evening, Team Equipment Officer (Vehicles) Chris Greenhalgh, our New Vehicles Project Manager Martin Banks, Training Officer Elaine Gilliland, team members Mark Parry and Chris Tennant all sadly said a fond goodbye to two long-serving and reliable team members....
by admin | Apr 21, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 13.41hrs this very sunny and warm afternoon, we responded to a pager call from NWAS (Lancashire) to attend an incident in the vicinity of the moorland hill top monument Holcombe Tower, Bury, with the report of a young girl having injured herself in a fall, whilst...
by admin | Apr 21, 2011 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce the receipt via the Charities Aid Foundation of yet another very kind and appreciated £30.00 donation from Mr John Thornley of Horwich. All the team membership wishes to extend its sincere thanks to Mr Thornley for his valued and...
by admin | Apr 21, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce a very kind donation of £50.00 from our valued friends at Eccles Rambling and Social Club. The members of Eccles Rambling and Social Club have helped the team for many years now and we are very grateful for their thoughtful...
