by admin | Jun 22, 2006 | General news
Today we received a credit note for £200 from EBBE Fone Galleria, our local business contacts for our long running sponsorship deal with Vodafone. This was in lieu of the regular update offer for two of our team held mobile phones, for which it was not nessecary...
by admin | Jun 21, 2006 | General news
Gerry Ryan left the team today after giving many years of sterling service since joining the team on May 5th 1993. Gerry made a particularly noteworthy contribution to the team’s casualty care standards and casualty care training, always readily sharing his...
by admin | Jun 21, 2006 | Donations, General news
We are pleased to announce today the kind support of the Holiday Fellowship, Bolton Group who have donated £100 to the team. Their treasurer comments in a letter accompanying the donation that, “The work of the team benefits our members considerably, and...
by admin | Jun 21, 2006 | Donations, General news
The team received today £100 in total from a number of donations made to the memory of Mr. Brian Oliver Allwood. The team acknowledges these donations in Mr. Allwood’s name, and our sympathies and condolences are expressed to Mr. Allwood’s wife, Mary...
by admin | Jun 20, 2006 | Donations, General news
During the GMAS Peak Demand assistance tonight, the crew of BM2 (one of the team’s 3 Landrover ambulances on duty that night) was despatched to a nursing home in Breightmet, in order to transport a resident there to a ward at the Royal Bolton Hospital. The...
by admin | Jun 20, 2006 | 2006, Incident
As part of a pre-planned response to an anticipated peak demand period on GMAS, arising out of demands made on the ambulance service during and after England World Cup matches, the team was asked to provide vehicles and response crews for this evening, along with our...
by admin | Jun 20, 2006 | Donations, General news
Today we received a wonderful surprise, which had behind it a very wonderful gesture. We received a £50 donation attached with a letter which stated “..a gift instead of a present for my husband’s 40 birthday..” We are very grateful to Mr...
by admin | Jun 18, 2006 | 2006, Incident
Whilst providing standby rescue cover on the Horwich Carnival Race event, the team responded to an accident involving a 17 year old female competitor in the women’s road cycling event, who had sustained grazing injuries and possible internal injuries. She was treated...
by admin | Jun 18, 2006 | 2006, Incident
Whilst involved in the provision of standby rescue cover for the Horwich Carnival Races, GMAS PEC contacted the team for their immediate assistance at a nearby road traffic collision, not associated with the event. Two team vehicles made an immediate response to the...
by admin | Jun 18, 2006 | General news
Today the team played a prominent part in the Horwich Carnival Race Series, which has been held for the last 5 years in the town centre of Horwich and includes road running, and road cycling events attracting an excellent field of high standard and national standard...
