by admin | Feb 1, 2009 | General news
Our team extends its congratulations to Al (Alexander) Day of Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team on his appointment as the new Team Leader at CVSRT, following the standing down of the previous incumbent Mick Smith due to other commitments. Al Day a Paramedic in his...
by admin | Feb 1, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 13:35 today, our Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Manchester) with regards to a casualty situated in the Rivington / Anglezarke region, with the casualty reported to be on a reservoir footpath. NWAS (Manchester) reported they were passing the call to NWAS...
by admin | Jan 31, 2009 | Donations, General news
Today we are very pleased to announce an extremely kind £200.00 donation from Dunscar Conservative Club, Bolton. Each year the Dunscar Conservative Club organises a Charity Sportmen’s Dinner, with the Club Committee then deciding which charities to...
by admin | Jan 30, 2009 | 2009, Incident
Well Incident 13 of 2009 appropriately happened on a Friday, but thankfully it resulted in a very happy outcome. At 19.00hrs this cold winters evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes was directly contacted by a GMP Missing Person Search Manager regarding the teams...
by admin | Jan 30, 2009 | General news
Yet again Total Tyres of Leigh have come to our immediate rescue, repairing very quickly a punctured tyre on our BM3 Landrover Mountain Rescue Ambulance, Incident Support Vehicle. Total Tyres of Leigh have kindly supported the team for quite a few years now, and...
by admin | Jan 29, 2009 | General news
This evenings meeting of our Support Group was their first of the year, with as ever a busy agenda, including an update from Support Group member Johanne Lamb, on the plans gathering momentum for the Support Groups Spring Fayre, due to be held at St Marys Church Hall,...
by admin | Jan 27, 2009 | General news
This evening the many members of St. John’s Church Men’s Fellowship, Hindley Green, Wigan, visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ situated within the grounds of the NWAS HQ to meet with the team and gain an insight into our workings. They were met by our...
by admin | Jan 23, 2009 | General news
Following the recent news thread on our website, see ’news’ articles dated Sunday 18th January 2009 and Wednesday 21st January 2009, the team has benefitted from considerable press and media interest in what we do. A live broadcast planned for the regional...
by admin | Jan 23, 2009 | General news
This morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, received a very kind letter of thanks from Steve Hynes, Head of Service, North West Ambulance Service Greater Manchester Area) In his letter Steve Hynes stated “I would like to place on record my sincere thanks to...
by admin | Jan 23, 2009 | General news
On Monday 19th January 2009, the Greater Manchester area and parts of South Lancashire suffered heavy yet localised snowfalls, prompting the MRTs of Oldham, Rossendale and Pendle, and ourselves to prepare for possible call outs to assist the North West Ambulance...
