by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 15:25 this afternoon, NWAS (Lancashire Area) contacted our Team Leader by mobile phone to request the team’s services with the report of a 17 year old female suffering from heat exhaustion and stomach pains in the Earnsdale Reservoir area below the moorland slopes...
by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 12:19 the team was paged to attend an off-road motorcycle incident at an organised motocross event in the Morleys Lane area of Astley Green, Wigan. With the report of the cyclist having suffered a serious leg injury, our Team Leader and Landrover ambulance BM3...
by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | 2008, Incident
Coincidental to a call to NWAS (Lancashire Area) being made by our Team Leader, he was informed of an incident at Wayoh Reservoir to which an emergency ambulance had been despatched and Helimed was also en-route. In conversation with our Team Leader it was felt...
by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | Donations, General news
Former team Member David Sarti, who is the Chief Operating Officer of Marshalls Plc, is amongst his many varied roles, the President of the British Precast Concrete Federation. In May this year the BPCF held their Annual General Meeting and Awards Dinner, part of...
by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | General news
Congratulations to our colleagues in Cheshire Lowland Search & Rescue Team on the commissioning into service of their new team vehicle. This will now give the Cheshire team a high-visibility presence on the search incidents that they are involved in and will give...
by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | General news
Today the team’s latest training aid was brought into service. This is an Infusion Air Trainer, which is a very realistic artificial arm which has been specially developed for I.V. Cannulation training. The arm includes pump mechanisms which replicates the vein...
by admin | Jun 7, 2008 | General news
This morning we attended a team vehicle and equipment demonstration request at the summer fair of Heskin Pemberton Primary School, Chorley. Although this school lies in the operational area of our colleagues in Bowland Pennine MRT, we were specifically asked to attend...
by admin | Jun 7, 2008 | Donations, General news
Today the team received a donation of £10 from Mrs. Patricia Kearsley of Horwich, the wife of the late Mr. Aurthur Ainsley Kearsley. The donation was sent in his memory. The team would like to express its condolences and to also thank Mrs. Patricia Kearsley for...
by admin | Jun 7, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 12:46 today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes received a phonecall from team member Steve Fletcher regarding a moorland incident that required the team’s services. Steve, along with fellow senior team member Mike Marsh and three other persons were all walking the...
by admin | Jun 6, 2008 | Donations, General news
Today totally unexpected our Team Leader received in the post a large box which upon opening he discovered was a Bumper Slidetite Kit. Slidetite is an incredibly versatile tie-down system with four different components which can be used together or independantly in...
