by admin | Oct 22, 2003 | 2003, Incident
In the very early hours of Wednesday morning, GMP called us out to an unusual and somewhat technical, urban rescue, involving a 32 year old man with serious injuries, lay on an inaccessible rooftop in the centre of Salford City, just by Greengate Railway Arches, near...
by admin | Oct 21, 2003 | General news
Our Bolton Fire Station base saw the second visit of a four visit series, of GMAS Rapid Response Vehicle Paramedics to our premises, to acqaint themselves with the equipment we carry, and to demonstrate the equipment they carry. It is anticipated that shortly,...
by admin | Oct 20, 2003 | Donations, General news
We’ve received an extremly kind and very generous donation of £100 from our supporters at the Harwood Ladies’ Club.
by admin | Oct 17, 2003 | General news
Over the weekend of Friday 17th October to Sunday 19th October, our ten “trainee team members” journeyed deep into Rossendale & Pendle MRT territory, to take part in the joint BMRT / RPMRT Foundation Course for new Team Members from each team. (or...
by admin | Oct 17, 2003 | General news
Three Mountain Rescue Landrovers at GMCFS Training School in Manchester, together with seven BMRT members, were requested to attend a visit by Greater Manchester MP’s & Greater Manchester Fire Authority to the GMCFS. Also present were other specialist...
by admin | Oct 15, 2003 | General news
A cold Wednesday evening exercise location on the very summit of Winter Hill, saw the team presented with our second “Training Dummy”, more correctly known as a Casualty Simulator, this time in the guise of an adult sized version, known as JoePublic....
by admin | Oct 12, 2003 | General news
28 team members, with our four team vehicles (and Dave Healey’s vehicle, in use as a radio link), provided Standby rescue Cover for the “Weavers Off Road Half Marathon” fell race, starting through the Tockholes plantations, and up onto Turton and...
by admin | Oct 11, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 15:40, GMAS called out the team to assist with a 25 year old male, with a reported fractured ankle, the location being Wardley Wood on the Worsley / Swinton boundary. At 15:53 the team was stood down, with one Landrover Ambulance and a large number of team members...
by admin | Oct 8, 2003 | General news
Whilst half the team were at Manchester Airport, the rest were taking part in a typically wet autumn nights training exercise, alongside the latest recruit to the team. A chance meeting, whilst we were at the recent Bolton Fire Station open day, saw Phil Frain, the Co...
by admin | Oct 8, 2003 | General news
Tonight’s training session saw 16 Team members travel to Manchester International Airport, to have a presentation from Leading Fire Fighter Paul Johnson, White Watch, on various aspects of aircraft scene preservation and also personal protection at an aircraft...
