by admin | Dec 21, 2010 | General news
Following the recent sledging incidents we have attended, our readership may be interested in this article which appeared in one of the national news papers today. Link to article: Never trust a sledge that comes in a pack of 10. They didn’t test a Bell...
by admin | Dec 20, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At 15:11 this wintry afternoon, the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Control requesting assistance due to a high volume of calls on the Ambulance Service, directly attributed to the snowy ground conditions. Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE agreed that the team was...
by admin | Dec 20, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt of a wonderful Christmas donation of £100.00 from our appreciated friends at Bolton H.F. Walking Club / H.F. Bolton Group. Christina Wallwork, their Treasurer explained that the donation had arisen from a...
by admin | Dec 19, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At 15.36hrs this wintry afternoon, the team was paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) for an incident at High Rid Reservoir, Heaton, Bolton. As our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was about to answer this call, he was in turn contacted directly by NWAS (GMA) Belle Vue...
by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
With some team members still at our Base HQ location checking kit, and cleaning vehicles after all the previous incidents, at 16:58 hours our Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Greater Manchester) to respond to a sledging accident in deep snow on the moorland slopes...
by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Our team vehicle involved in the previous incident whilst travelling back to our base on the M61 motorway southbound chanced upon a motorway RTC, at which no other emergency services were present at the time. They stopped to assist, with police arriving shortly...
by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Whilst travelling back from the previous incident our BM2 vehicle stopped briefly at Blackburn services on the M65 motorway. Upon leaving, whilst still in the services (in the petrol station area) our BM2 crew noticed a commercial vehicle with a wheel fire. Our team...
by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At 12:25 hours today our Team Leader was directly contacted by NWAS (Lancashire) to attend a residential address on a steeply sloping housing estate in Darwen, where a 70 year old woman required stretcher evacuation from her property to a waiting NWAS (Lancashire)...
by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | General news
At 12.25hrs today our team was paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) to contact their Control regards an incident requiring MRT assistance, almost at the same time our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Lancashire) Control regarding an...
by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
With Lancashire Constabulary aware that the team was on Base HQ standby, we were contacted at circa 01:50 hours in the morning, during continuing heavy snowfall, by Silver Command Lancashire Constabulary requesting the team to assist with checking (and the potential...
