by admin | Apr 12, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today the team received a very generous and thoughtful large donation of £1,000.00 from Mr Charles Garside of Bowdon, Altrincham, the gentleman involved in Incident 48-2010 of Saturday 20th March 2010. Mr Garside sustained a fractured leg, following an...
by admin | Apr 12, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today we have received a very generous total donation of £450.00 following our provision of Standby Rescue Cover at this years Winter Hill Fell Race. (See news article dated 14th February 2010) Race Organiser, Tony Varley, in his letter to our Team Leader Garry...
by admin | Apr 12, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today we received a very generous £100.00 donation from the family members of a 72 years old Breightmet gentleman we were called out to assist on Tuesday 5th January 2010, during a day of very heavy local snowfall in the area. Sadly in their kind letter to the...
by admin | Apr 11, 2010 | General news
Our figures are now available for the end of March 2010 – during the month we received donations from our community collecting tins totalling £157.77. This brings the total so far for 2010 to an encouraging sum of £940.26. We are very grateful to the...
by admin | Apr 11, 2010 | General news
The team welcomes today nine new Trainee Team Members, all having started with the team as Probationary members following our January 2010 ’New Team member’ intake. As Trainee Team Members all nine have been fully equipped with team issue clothing and...
by admin | Apr 7, 2010 | General news
Over the Easter Weekend, many team members were absent from their families due to team commitments for Safety Cover and so this evening it was the team’s turn to give something back to family and friends. ‘Operation Easter Bunny’ took place tonight...
by admin | Apr 7, 2010 | General news
Although we have previously reported its official handover from Greater Manchester Police to the team, and its acceptance into operational service with the team, our latest team vehicle, a Ford Transit Minibus, ’ Bolton Mobile 5,’ still had some minor work...
by admin | Apr 3, 2010 | General news
The annual Rivington Pike Fell Race, held every Easter Saturday for over 100 years, took place today in the April sunshine. As usual, excellent organisation by Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club meant the event was well attended by an enthusiastic field of...
by admin | Apr 2, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At 12.50 hours whilst out walking with friends and family, a boy slipt and fell on the path leading down from Rivington Pike to Georges Lane. He was carried by his father to one of our nearby vehicles where he was treated for suspected ankle and lower leg injuries....
by admin | Apr 2, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At 11:50 hours today, whilst providing cover for the annual Rivington Pike Fair celebrations, our Deputy Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Greater Manchester) for assistance with an adult that had slipped on the descent from Rivington Pike on the muddy track in the...
