by admin | Oct 8, 2006 | 2006, Incident
Just occasionally a callout comes along that’s just a little too co-incidental! On Sunday 15th October the team is taking part in a joint exercise with Bolton Fire station crews from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, possibly alongside some of our colleagues...
by admin | Oct 6, 2006 | General news
Due to a large number of newer team members not being in pocession of the recognised MR EW Casualty Care Certificate, due to having joined the team since our last Casualty Care Course, ( which the team holds every three years for its entire membership at that time )...
by admin | Oct 4, 2006 | Donations, General news
Via the Charities Aid Foundation the team today received an anonymous donation of £12.50, so a big thanks to whoever sent this kind donation.
by admin | Oct 3, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 20:19, the Team was contacted by LANCON to turn out and assist the North West Ambulance Service (Lancashire Locality) with the report of a collapsed casualty on the track network on the outskirts of Darwen leading up to the moorland landmark of Jubilee (Darwen)...
by admin | Oct 2, 2006 | General news
Congratulations on the marriage today of Team President (and ex-Team Leader) Robert (Bob) Hutchinson and Janet Howey at a Ceremony at Bury Register Office, followed by a reception and meal afterwards at The Coach and Horses, Edenfield. Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes and...
by admin | Oct 1, 2006 | Donations, General news
On Sunday June 18th the team provided all day standby rescue cover for the Horwich Carnival Races event, entailing road race and road cycling events around the town centre of Horwich, which was closed for the day. (see entry for #article#1329#Sunday 18th June 2006#)...
by admin | Sep 28, 2006 | Donations, General news
With the purchase of 45x copies of the 2nd Edition Casualty Care in Mountain Rescue handbooks by the team, (with thanks to Marshalls Limited) we donated today 34x copies of our 1st Edition Handbooks, which are now surplus to the teams requirements, to our colleagues...
by admin | Sep 27, 2006 | General news
With thanks to the very kind and generous sponsorship of Marshalls Limited this evening every team member on our Call Out list membership received a copy of the very latest 2nd Edition Casualty Care in Mountain Rescue handbook, as commisioned by the Mountain Rescue...
by admin | Sep 24, 2006 | General news
Evan Schumann, a Program Manager with Ohio Task Force 1, State of Ohio Urban Search and Rescue, part of National Urban Search and Rescue Response System, FEMA, US Department of Homeland Security, USA, was a guest speaker at this years Mountain Rescue Conference, where...
by admin | Sep 23, 2006 | General news
Today the team collected 45 copies of the newly printed (and only published today) 2nd Edition of the completely revised “Casualty Care in Mountain Rescue”, which was officially launched at the UK Mountain Rescue Conference 2006. This excellent casualty...
