by admin | Jul 8, 2005 | General news
We have now had 27 potential team member enquiries for our July intake, which consists of two sessions, both of which must be attended, on Tuesday evening 12th and all day Sunday 17th July. Of the 27 enquiries, we are currently expecting 15 persons to attend, from...
by admin | Jul 8, 2005 | Donations, General news
We received today a £50 donation from Horwich RMI H&AC arising from our provision of standby rescue cover at their June Countryside Tour of Horwich and Rivington race series. At the Lever Park run of the 21st June, and the Two Lads fell race of the 23rd...
by admin | Jul 8, 2005 | General news
The team has been involved in recent years with providing senior instructor staff and exercise casualties and other resources to this nationally available, well respected, MR course. The national party leader’s course is very largely based upon, and has its...
by admin | Jul 7, 2005 | 2005, Incident
At 14:22 the team was contacted by GMAS to respond to Winter Hill summit where a hillwalker was reported to have collapsed. The West Yorkshire Air Ambulance also despatched (our local one being unavailable). A very fast response was being made by at least 18 team...
by admin | Jul 6, 2005 | General news
Arriving at this evening’s exercise, in light rain, our first arriving members thought our Training Officer had setup a all too realistic exercise on the narrow access road being used as the RVP, until they very quickly realised it was a very real and nasty...
by admin | Jul 3, 2005 | 2005, Incident
At 09:35 our Team Leader was contacted by GMP to provide the team’s assistance with the scaling up of a search for a missing 73 year old Leigh woman in the Plank Lane area of Leigh. The woman had gone missing from a care home in the Plank Lane area of Leigh,...
by admin | Jul 2, 2005 | Donations, General news
Many thanks to team member Mike Thomason and his wife Sue for a £15 donation to the team today.
by admin | Jul 2, 2005 | General news
14 team members, with 4 team vehicles provided standby rescue cover for the popular 5.5 mile long Tockholes Gala Fell Race, taking in an ascent of Darwen Moor. The number of runners taking part this year was lower than normal, with 49 competitors of whom one retired...
by admin | Jul 1, 2005 | General news
We are sad to announce today the retirement of team member Claire Morrissey, aged 33, a teacher, who joined the team in October 1999, and her partner Daniel Lewis, aged 34, a veterinary surgeon, who joined the team in May 2003. Both have been valued callout list...
by admin | Jun 29, 2005 | 2005, Incident
Whilst returning to our LBH base just before midnight, the two crew onboard our Landrover Ambulance, BM1, stopped along with a GMP police patrol car to assist at a car fire. The vehicle involved was immediately in front of the police car and our ambulance when all...
