by admin | May 18, 2006 | Donations, General news
The team today received a fantastic £200.00 donation following our provision of Standby Rescue Cover at the Belmont Village Winter Hill Fell Races on Saturday 6th May (see seperate article). The organiser Dave Bateson passed on written thanks to the team...
by admin | May 17, 2006 | General news
Organised by our Team Training Officer Fred Taylor, early this evening eleven experienced team members made the short journey to Manchester International Airport where we atttended a presentation by the Airport Fire Service. Our vehicles were met at the Freight...
by admin | May 16, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 19:31, GMAS contacted the team with regards to assistance for a 47 year old woman who, whilst out with her husband, walking their dog, had fallen on the muddy sides of a small wooded stream valley in the vicinity of Oakleigh Avenue and Bishops Road, Great Lever. At...
by admin | May 13, 2006 | General news
As in previous years, the team again this year supported the “Pike View Hike”, a national event held in the West Pennine Moors for teams of Cubs, Scouts and Explorer Scouts aged 8-18. 2006 marks the 5th year that the event has been run. Starting very early...
by admin | May 12, 2006 | Donations, General news
Earlier this year at the west lancashire Long Distance Walkers Association event, titled the “Anglezarke Amble”, Marilyn Crook of Egerton, a West Lancashire LDWA member, promised to raise money jointly for our team and the North West Air Ambulance. We are...
by admin | May 11, 2006 | 2006, Incident
In a continuation of the previous evening’s search our team leader was contacted direct by GMP at 12:10 resulting in a standby for the team and then a callout for the team, this time to go to Ashley village, an area very close to the Rostherne Mere that was searched...
by admin | May 10, 2006 | 2006, Incident
Following initial conversations directly with our Team Leader, commencing mid-afternoon, this culminated in the team initially being put on standby and then called out to assist GMP in the search for a missing 61 year old man with the search area centred on the...
by admin | May 6, 2006 | General news
On this glorious early summer day, 32 team members and one member of the team Support Group provided standby rescue cover for the Belmont village Winter Hill fell races. There were 3 junior races, under 12, with 20 competitors, under 14 with 21 competitors, and under...
by admin | May 5, 2006 | General news
This evening, our Deputy Team Leader, Geoff Seddon and his wife attended a reception as representatives of our team, hosted by Lancashire County Council, at County Hall in Preston, for representatives of voluntary organisations involved with the emergency services....
by admin | May 4, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 20:53 in the evening, GMP requested the team’s immediate assistance for a search of the Pennington Flash county park area in Leigh, Greater Manchester. A 47 year old Manchester man was reported missing, giving Police cause for concern for this general welfare. Team...
