by admin | May 14, 2005 | General news
15 team members supported by 3 members of our new Support group, raising the magnificent sum of £319.68p during the all-day collection at this store. As ever, a big thanks to Morrisons for allowing the collection, the staff for being very helpful, and of course...
by admin | May 12, 2005 | 2005, Incident
Just after midday the team was contacted by GMP regards a missing 69 year old male in the Cadishead area of Greater Manchester. The team’s search dog, search personnel, and our kayak team were all requested. 14 team members including our dog were able to respond...
by admin | May 12, 2005 | Donations, General news
Following our involvement on Saturday 7th May, providing standby rescue cover for this event, the team today was pleased to receive a £200 donation to the work of the team from the event organisers. The team has a long history of supporting this event and will...
by admin | May 11, 2005 | General news
Congratulations to Mick Smith who we learn has been elected the new team leader of Calder Valley SRT following the recent stand-down of the previous incumbent Neville Sharp. We wish Mick every success in this post.
by admin | May 8, 2005 | 2005, Incident
At 19:28 GMAS contacted the team for assistance with the evacuation of a male, who had been found semiconscious, on a overgrown, disused railway line in the Tyldesley area of Wigan. Paramedics and Police were already on scene when our first members arrived within 10...
by admin | May 7, 2005 | General news
25 team members provided full standby safety cover for the 3 junior and one senior fell races associated with the annual Belmont Village Winter Hill Fell Race event. 24 junior, and 146 senior runners took part in the event, in very blustery weather with occassional...
by admin | May 5, 2005 | 2005, Incident
At 13:43 the Team Leader was contacted by GMAS regarding the report of a 17 year old female who was suffering from chest pains in the vicinity of Winter Hill. A full team pager call went out at 13:46 resulting in a 4 team vehicle immediate response. NWAA Helimed 08...
by admin | May 5, 2005 | General news
Today our SARDA Handler Dave Marsh and his search dog Chi journeyed to the Republic of Ireland at the invitation of Irish SARDA, a part of the IMRA, the Irish Mountain Rescue Association to assist with the assesment of Irish SARDA handlers and dogs. Dave is in County...
by admin | May 3, 2005 | Donations, General news
The team was approached some 3 months ago by Jim Fletcher of Belthorn, who specifically asked if he team would mind if he raised funds on our behalf with regards to the work we carry out in Darwen and the local Darwen moorland area. Jim is involved in the Belthorn...
by admin | May 2, 2005 | 2005, Incident
GMAS Control paged the team at the early hour of 01:10 this morning following the report of an injured mountain biker in the Haslam Park area of Bolton. The informant who was also the injured party, described his location as “near the river”, which we took...
