by admin | Dec 29, 2007 | General news
Today we are pleased to announce that our Team Leader Garry Rhodes has been awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours List for services to Bolton MRT This is a brilliant achievment for Garry and the whole Team’s membership wishes Garry congratulations for this...
by admin | Dec 23, 2007 | 2007, Incident
Whilst on pre-arranged Christmas standby to assist NWAS with a possible peak demand loading on its resources (as part of its step-up plan, as per the introduction to the previous incident), the team had personnel and vehicles on standby at our LBH base. As with the...
by admin | Dec 23, 2007 | 2007, Incident
This evening the team was on a pre-arranged Christmas standby for NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) with duty crews present enabling all four of our Landrover Mountain Rescue ambulances to be availble. At 21:18 the team was contacted by NWAS PEC regards responding to the...
by admin | Dec 23, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At 10:15 this morning the Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) who requested our assistance as part of their step-up resource plan given a high incident loading, due to overnight frozen roads and pavements, on their immediate resources...
by admin | Dec 22, 2007 | General news
Tonight the team placed 4 vehicles on standby at our Ladybridge Hall base, to assist NWAS with pre-arranged Christmas cover during an anticipated period of peak demand upon the ambulance service resources. Starting at 18:30, 16 team members were held on standby until...
by admin | Dec 22, 2007 | 2007, Incident
During the closing stages of incident 164/2007, the team was paged by the Lancashire Constabulary Force Incident Manager regarding a missing person search in the area of Lever Park, Rivington. The missing person was a 58 year old female rambler who had been out...
by admin | Dec 22, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At 16:29 today our Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (GMA) Paramedic Emergency Control regarding an incident at Moses Gate Country Park in Bolton. A 56 year old woman had slipped on ground inside the park and had sustained a suspected fractured lower leg. As the...
by admin | Dec 22, 2007 | Donations, General news
Today we received a very kind letter on behalf of the young people on the Outdoor Adventure Team at Rose Bridge High School thanking us for allowing them to visit our base on the evening of Tuesday November 27th this year. Helen Sharples, Futures Curriculum Director...
by admin | Dec 21, 2007 | Donations, General news
Today the team was happy to receive a letter from the walkers of St Mary’s Horwich & Chorley University of the 3rd Age, wishing us all a very happy Christmas and a healthy New Year. Enclosed with the letter was a very kind £180 donation, “in...
by admin | Dec 19, 2007 | General news
This evening our last Wednesday evening exercise of the year saw all the members attending taking part in Operation ’Find Santa.’ Assembling at Lower House Car Park at 19.45hrs on an extremely cold and very icy, clear skies and starlit evening, the 30x...
