by admin | Apr 12, 2007 | General news
Not previously reported on our website, was the purchase of a much needed larger capacity generaor by the team on February 24th, this year. This new generator, purchased thanks to recent donations, cost us £774.33, and is primarily for use with our Catering...
by admin | Apr 12, 2007 | General news
John Harold, a team member since April 2003, left the teams Call Out list membership this evening, due to work commitments with his new job as the Manager of a large Outdoor Retail shop. John came to the team as an extremeley enthusiastic young man, with considerable...
by admin | Apr 11, 2007 | General news
From all those who applied to join the team at our February intake, and subsequently went on to become Probationery Team Members, we are pleased to announce tonight that the team has taken on ten new recruits as Trainee Team Members. They will now go on to complete...
by admin | Apr 7, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At 19:36, NWAS (GMA) paged the team for assistance with a climbing accident at Cadshaw main quarry, situated at the head of Turton & Entwistle Reservoir. Our first team member arrived at the A666 roadside RVP to guide in an NWAS (LA) crew who arrived at the same...
by admin | Apr 7, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At 18:29 Hrs North West Ambulance Service (Lancashire Locality) contacted the Team Leader with regards to assistance in the Rivington Area. At 18:35 Hrs a Full Team call out pager message was sent and our first member on scene arrived at 18:40 Hrs. He found the...
by admin | Apr 7, 2007 | General news
18 team members in 4 team vehicles provided standby rescue cover for the Annual Rivington Pike Junior & Senior Fell Races. It was even noted that one of the crews managed to park next to the ice cream van, on another glorious sunny day. Fortunately the...
by admin | Apr 6, 2007 | 2007, Incident
The Team was contacted at 18:11 Hrs by North West Ambulance Service (Greater Manchester Area) for a young female who had fallen from a rope swing, near to the canal in Little Lever. The North West Air Ambulance Helimed 08 and a NWAS (GMA) Rapid Response Vehicle had...
by admin | Apr 6, 2007 | 2007, Incident
The Team was out and about for the usual Good Friday Rivington Pike Events, when North West Ambulance Service (Greater Manchester Area), contacted the Team for assistance with a report of a male with a leg injury on Georges Lane, Rivington. The first vehicle arrived...
by admin | Apr 6, 2007 | General news
10 team members in 4 team vehicles attended the annual Good Friday festivities centered upon Rivington Pike which attract many thousands of visitors to this hilltop location. Fire taking hold on the slopes of Rivington Pike, on Good Friday. This years excellent...
by admin | Apr 3, 2007 | General news
Every month the Friendship Lodge 2488, R.A.O.B. G.L.E. ltd holds a prize bingo session in the Crown Hotel, Horwich, with the monthly proceeds going to a local charity or good cause. On their evening session tonight they kindly decided that the team would be their...
