by admin | Mar 4, 2005 | Donations, General news
Readers will be familiar from previous entries of the many cash donations made in lieu of Birthday cards and presents for team member Andy Ryding’s 40th birthday back in January. Andy is pleased to announce another donation of £20 to add to the amount...
by admin | Mar 4, 2005 | Donations, General news
A big thank you to team supporter Angela Sweeney who has sent to the team a £10 donation, which was received by our Fundraising Officer with the message “Hi, Mark, keep up the good work!”.
by admin | Mar 3, 2005 | Donations, General news
We are pleased to announce the receipt of a £100 donation from our supporters and friends in Darwen Masters Swimming Club, for whom we provide standby rescue cover at a number of events and their wonderful donation received today is by way of thanks for our...
by admin | Mar 3, 2005 | General news
This evening, at our Ladybridge Hall Base, we held the inaugural meeting of what we hope will become a support group for the team. Out of the enquiries we have received so far, 4 interested persons were able to attend the evening and met with our Team Fundraising...
by admin | Mar 2, 2005 | General news
Unbelievably to date, the team has been involved in 40 seperate incidents, varying from assisting GMAS in peak demand, wintry and inclement weather conditions, to hill walkers coming to grief, our usual New Year’s day cover, and a wide range of both lowland and...
by admin | Mar 1, 2005 | 2005, Incident
Very late in the evening, LANCON called out the team for an urgent search regarding a elderly walker missing in the Darwen area. In temperatures hovering around zero, and with conditions of light snow flurries, 18 team members and our search dog responded very quickly...
by admin | Mar 1, 2005 | General news
GMAS Control contacted the team in the late afternoon regards assistance to GMAS with an ongoing peak demand situation in the Bolton area. The team was able to put three Landrover ambulances at the immediate disposal of GMAS. 2 incidents were dealt with, one minor,...
by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | General news
A period of heavy snowfall hit specific parts of Greater Manchester this morning, making road conditions difficult. This had a knock-on effect during a period of peak demand for GMAS, resulting in both Bolton MRT and Oldham MRT placing vehicles on standby for GMAS. A...
by admin | Feb 24, 2005 | 2005, Incident
At 13:55 Hrs, the team was paged by GMAS, requesting assistance at an incident at Horwich Park Golf Club. One of their vehicles had been called to attend to a young man who had a suspected fracture dislocation of his left knee. When the crew had safely recovered the...
by admin | Feb 24, 2005 | General news
All week our region has had snow flurries, with nothing on the scale of snowfalls elsewhere in the country. However, the threat of a heavy snowfall is a but a cloud away. Just before 4AM this morning, our Team Leader was contacted by GMAS regarding assistance to an...
