by admin | Jan 1, 2004 | Donations, General news
Belated Christmas thanks go to Deborah & John Garlick, of Warrington, for their kind donation of £20. Deborah has a long association with the Team, she featured in Incident 7/1996 as we rescued Deborah from Rivington with a spinal fracture. It was good to...
by admin | Jan 1, 2004 | General news
The Team offered personnel and vehicles to GMAS & LAS during the New Year Eve & early hours New Years Day. GMAS utilised us for three incidents before midnight and 10 after midnight. One thing with New Year cover is that you could end up anywhere in the...
by admin | Jan 1, 2004 | General news
2004 is a very exciting year for the Team. We have lots of major events taking place including the move into our Ladybridge Hall Base, after 4 months of refurbishment work. we hope to take delivery of the new Team clothing in late January, which will see the Team move...
by admin | Dec 31, 2003 | General news
These three incidents were all part of the assistance offered to GMAS & LAS over the heavy demand of the 999 system on New Years Eve. GMAS utilised us three times before midnight, dealing with an RTA, and two seperate incidents of collapsed persons, one at home...
by admin | Dec 26, 2003 | 2003, Incident
The second incident of the day came through on the radios from GMAS, just as the team were packing up the equipment from the Pike incident. We were called to assist GMAS in Ince-in-Makerfield, where an 2 young off-road motorcyclists had collided head on. As our...
by admin | Dec 26, 2003 | 2003, Incident
On Boxing day, whilst the team were out in the area, we were alerted to an incident in the early afternoon, involving a collapsed person at the summit of Rivington Pike. A 61 year old lady had collapsed, with shortness of breath and dizziness. The windy conditions and...
by admin | Dec 21, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 20:13 on the same day (our 3rd incident of the day!) the team was called out by GMAS, to assist in an incident where two persons were trapped in mud, on former coal mine workings on the Atherton/Westhoughton boundary. A multi-agency response took place, involving...
by admin | Dec 21, 2003 | 2003, Incident
Whilst returning back to base locations from the previous incident, the Team Leader was contacted directly by LAS to respond to an initial report of a injured motorcyclist. As the Team arrived on scene it was established that the casualty was a Mountain Biker, the...
by admin | Dec 21, 2003 | 2003, Incident
On 09:40 on Sunday, the team was contacted by GMP for assistance in the continuing search for a 56 year old missing male. The search was centred on the Platt Bridge area of Wigan. As the Team was assembling at the search control point, the man was found deceased by...
by admin | Dec 18, 2003 | Donations, General news
More donations from Team members came from Paul Jorgensen who has donated £10 in lieu of Christmas cards. David Sarti held a raffle at his works and raised a magnificent £69 for the Team. Our thanks are expressed to both for their generosity.
