by admin | Jan 16, 2005 | 2005, Incident
The team was contacted at 12:49 by GMAS to attend a moorland incident where a woman hillwalker was reported to have injured her ankle. 12 team members in 3 team vehicles responded very quickly, to arrive at the Pike Cottage, Georges Lane RVP at the same time as the...
by admin | Jan 15, 2005 | 2005, Incident
At 22:23, late on this Saturday evening, the team received an urgent request call to assist GMAS with a casualty in an urban area who had slipped from a path across wasteland down a very wet slope, sustaining a fractured ankle and possible related injuries. Team...
by admin | Jan 14, 2005 | 2005, Incident
Our Deputy Team Leader, Geoff Seddon, responded to a call from LANCON, to fully review the search undertaken by our team alongside many resources from LANCON, in connection with a 59 year old man who went missing in the Darwen area on the evening of Tuesday 4th...
by admin | Jan 14, 2005 | 2005, Incident
Early morning today, the Team Leader was contacted by GMP regarding the possibility of the team being required on the day for a search in the North Manchester area for a missing 12 year old girl. By midday the team had been placed on full standby awaiting the outcome...
by admin | Jan 14, 2005 | Donations, General news
With thanks to Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club, we received today a wonderful donation of £75 for providing standby rescue cover for the Easter Saturday 2004 Rivington Pike Fell Race. As ever, we are extremely grateful to Horwich RMI Harriers & AC...
by admin | Jan 13, 2005 | General news
The team’s Search dog handler, Dave Marsh and his dog Chi journeyed up to Derwentwater Youth Hostel, Keswick to assist in SARDA England’s annual assessments over the weekend of the 13th – 16th January. Here follows Dave’s report of the event:...
by admin | Jan 12, 2005 | Donations, General news
We received today a donation of £63.50 from the “STRETCHERS Keep Fit club for ladies of a certain age” (their description – not ours!). The STRETCHERS Keep Fit club has been operating for 15 years, but now due to dwindling membership the club...
by admin | Jan 9, 2005 | Donations, General news
Today our Fundraising Officer received an excellent New Year’s surprise when an envelope was posted through his letterbox, containing an anonymous donation of £100 for the team. The team is extremely grateful to the person or persons who made this...
by admin | Jan 8, 2005 | General news
Apologies to any of our supporters who turned up today for our previously advertised team collection day at ASDA Middlebrook, Bolton. Unfortunately this event had to be cancelled at late notice as the possibility existed of the team being called out to continue...
by admin | Jan 7, 2005 | 2005, Incident
At 09.35 Hrs the Team Leader was contacted by a GMP Missing Person Search Manager, who requested the morning return of the team with a continuation of the search for a missing 91 year old man in the Jumbles Country Park area (see incident 13/2005). Our DTL Geoff...
