by admin | Jul 15, 2007 | 2007, Incident
In the knowledge that some of our team members were at our Ladybridge Hall base / HQ early this afternoon, NWAS (GMA) Paramedic Emergency Control, contacted our Team Leader requesting any immediate assistance the team could offer due to a large number of ’routine’ 999...
by admin | Jul 14, 2007 | 2007, Incident
Historically over the years a regular incident site for us, we were called this afternoon to the Tigers Clough area, on the outskirts of Horwich at its boundary with Rivington. Tigers Clough, (its local name) more correctly known as the River Douglas Valley, is a very...
by admin | Jul 11, 2007 | General news
It would have been all our nightmares come true, a serious incident involving a train, two vehicles and multiple traumatically injured casualties. Fortunately, on Wednesday 11th July 2007, it was only an exercise! Andy Ryding, the Team’s Training Officer,...
by admin | Jul 9, 2007 | General news
It is now a calendar week since Mr. John Nuttall was last seen by his family at his home at Wilson Fold Farm, High Rid, Lostock, at midnight on Sunday 1st July. Mr Nuttall’s blue Ford Focus was found abandoned on the morning of Monday 2nd July, on Foxholes Road...
by admin | Jul 6, 2007 | Donations, General news
It is with thanks that we announce the receipt of a £100.00 donation from our friends and supporters at Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club, with regards to our providing Standby Rescue Cover at their Lever Park Fun Run of 19th June 2007, and Two Lads Fell...
by admin | Jul 5, 2007 | General news
It is with regret that we announce the retirement from the team of Call Out list member Alan Livesey for personal reasons. Alan joined the team in August 1998, and ever since has been a stalwart call out list team member, bringing into the team a wealth of walking...
by admin | Jul 4, 2007 | 2007, Incident
With new information on the possible whereabouts of the missing 74 year man, (see previous two incident reports), GMP focused their search effort on the Doffcocker and High Rid reservoir areas to the north west of Bolton. Again we were requested to join in with Police...
by admin | Jul 3, 2007 | 2007, Incident
Throughout the morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes was in contact with GMP regards the continuing Police efforts to locate the missing man from the previous incident. The team was again requested to assist GMP resources, and we assembled early evening at a new Search...
by admin | Jul 2, 2007 | 2007, Incident
No incidents for a while in the team, and then two on the same day. At circa 11:40, just as he arrived at work from the previous incident, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes, was contacted directly by a GMP Missing Person Search Manager, regarding an urgent search...
by admin | Jul 2, 2007 | 2007, Incident
An unusual time to be called, as NWAS GMA rarely have reason to call us in the early morning, but at 08:17 this morning NWAS Greater Manchester Area, Paramedic Emergency Control paged the team for us to assist with the recovery of a young man’s body, in very sad...
