by admin | Mar 7, 2009 | Donations, General news
Today the team received a very kind £60 donation from Manchester City Magistrates’ Court, Crown Square, Manchester. In a letter acompanying the donation Jackie Hardy, Deputy Court Manager, explained that “the administrative staff at the court held a...
by admin | Mar 5, 2009 | General news
This Saturday 7th March, the team will be attending the Bolton Emergency Services day in Bolton Town Hall Square from 11am. Together with the team (assuming other resourcing does not interfere with the day) the will be representatives from the police, fire and...
by admin | Mar 5, 2009 | Donations, General news
The team is extremely thankful to acknowledge the generous support once again of the North Turton Parish Council. Today the team received an extremely generous £200 donation from the North Turton Parish Council via Glenys Syddall, Clerk to North Turton Parish...
by admin | Mar 2, 2009 | General news
Today our President (and former Team Leader) Bob Hutchinson presented an afternoon lecture on the work of the team to the members of the Allsorts Ladies Group, Christ Church, Mytham Road, Little Lever. The team would like to extend its thanks to the ladies of the...
by admin | Mar 1, 2009 | General news
This sunny afternoon, five team members Chris Greenhalgh, Fred Taylor, John Parish, Samantha McKay and Joanne Stones journeyed to Cadshaw Quarry near Darwen, for some rope rescue training. They set up a suitable anchor system and proceded to practice various abseiling...
by admin | Mar 1, 2009 | Donations, General news
Today, whilst team members were undertaking a weekend rope rescue training session at Cadshaw quarries, they were approached by a gentleman, Mr. Joe Roberts. Mr. Roberts thanked the team for the wonderful job it does in the community, and promptly made a £5...
by admin | Feb 24, 2009 | General news
Today team members Elaine Gilliland and Paul Brain visited firstly Vaughns Country Cafe in Tockholes to present a certificate to recognise their support over the last 12 months. Later in the day they also visited Great House Barn Tea Rooms at Rivington to present a...
by admin | Feb 23, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 15.53hrs this afternoon the team was paged by a GMP Missing Person Search Manager regards a missing woman in the Hindley area of Wigan, in circumstances giving the Police cause for concern regards her welfare. A Police search operation including officers and the...
by admin | Feb 23, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 14:31 today NWAS Control (Manchester) paged the team asking for assistance with a casualty in a quarry in the Foxholes Lane area of Horwich. On reaching the RV site the team decided to re-locate to Georges Lane as the casualty had been located in Ridgeway Delf...
by admin | Feb 20, 2009 | General news
Today at 13.02hrs NWAS (Manchester) paged the team regarding an emergency call they had received from a man with chest pains, unaware of his exact location but in woodlands in the Amberswood Common area of Ince Moss, Hindley, Wigan. NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control...
