by admin | Apr 20, 2011 | 2011, Incident
With team members at our ladybridge Hall Base / HQ working on the final stages of commissioning our three new Land Rover MR vehicles into team service, the inevitable happened and we were called out at 21.41hrs by NWAS (Greater Manchester) to an accident in the...
by admin | Apr 20, 2011 | Donations, General news
With the re-equipment of the teams two Troll Mountain Rescue Alpine Stretchers recently by SAR Products Alpine Lite Mountain Rescue Stretchers, (The latest generation of what started out as the Troll Stretcher) the two Troll MR alpine stretchers were recently declared...
by admin | Apr 20, 2011 | General news
Our regular readers will recall that yesterday we collected three brand new Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances, specially built for us by Crake International in South Cumbria. Today commencing at 09.00hrs we had the enormous task of decommissioning two of our...
by admin | Apr 19, 2011 | General news
This morning our Team President (and former Team Leader) Bob Hutchinson, Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Training Officer Elaine Gilliland, Equipment Officer – Vehicles Chris Greenhalgh, long time team member Neil Aspinall and Trainee team member John Dickinson,...
by admin | Apr 18, 2011 | Donations, General news
Last year we were approached by local photographer Susan Rigby, with regards to a ’Wheels and Motion 2’ Charity photographic exhibition she was planning to hold at the Horwich RMI Social Club, with the wonderful news that she had very kindly chosen our...
by admin | Apr 18, 2011 | General news
Today we received the news that one of our Support Group members, Andy Murphy, after careful thought has decided to leave the team due to other commitments on his time. Andy in an email to his colleague Support Group members and our Team Leader stated; “I have...
by admin | Apr 18, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received in the post an ’Easter Wishes’ card enclosing a very kind and thoughtful £50.00 donation. This donation has come from a very kind lady who we consider a friend and valued supporter of the team, and who...
by admin | Apr 17, 2011 | 2011, Incident
This afternoon at 13:44 the team was contacted by NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Control and the NWAS (NWAA) Air Desk who were requesting our assistance at an incident in Rivington. With team vehicles already out in the area and other members at our Ladybridge Hall Base,...
by admin | Apr 16, 2011 | General news
Today the team received the fantastic news from our valued and much appreciated friends at Friendship Lodge 2488 RAOB GLE Ltd, that they are holding another Charity Prize Bingo Night, at the Crown Hotel, Horwich on the evening of Tuesday May 3rd 2011. This follows...
by admin | Apr 15, 2011 | 2011, Incident
This morning at 10:42 hrs, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, was contacted by a Greater Manchester Police Missing Person Search Manager regards the teams assistance in Bury concerning a missing 34 year old female, in circumstances giving GMP concern for her well...
