by admin | Jun 14, 2003 | 2003, Incident
We were called to two incidents during the day. The first, at 18:11 hours, involved a man who had slipped and hit his head near to the Pigeon Tower in Rivington. We were called to the scene by Lancashire Ambulance Service alongside a GMAS crew from Blackrod and also...
by admin | Jun 10, 2003 | General news
Superb news today! Bellway Homes, the developers of our Overdale base / Headquarters, announced a £3,000 sponsorship donation to the Team (once we have vacated Overdale and the Legal Purchase of land at Overdale has been completed.) towards the purchase of new...
by admin | Jun 7, 2003 | 2003, Incident
Later in the afternoon, at 15:41, Greater Manchester Ambulance Service paged us, as the fine weather brought out another spate of “rope swingers”. In this case, a young lad from Farnworth was playing on a rope swing on the steep land that separates the...
by admin | Jun 7, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 10:23 AM, Lancashire Ambulance Service requested our assistance at an incident in Rivington. A mountain biker had fallen 6ft down a drop off a footpath behind Liverpool castle, onto the banks of Rivington reservoir. The team assisted the paramedics from the...
by admin | Jun 7, 2003 | General news
The team were called to 3 incidents today – details as follows….
by admin | Jun 4, 2003 | General news
6 Team members provided on-scene standby cover for the annual Chetham Arms Chetham Close Trail Race, (all other members were packing kit away at Overdale for the big move out!), on Wednesday Evening, 4th June. A £15 donation from the organiser Mr Ellis was...
by admin | Jun 3, 2003 | General news
In the June 2003, issue 6 copy of ’Rhythm & Blues’ the newsletter for Greater Manchester Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the Team featured in a full colour, full page article, all about how we work with GMAS and what the Team is about. The header to the...
by admin | Jun 2, 2003 | General news
11 Team members gave a presentation to Control room staff of GMCFS, on behalf of the MRT’s that operate in the Greater Manchester area. It involved a Powerpoint presentation of who, what and where facts of how the MRT’s can be of help to the Fire Service....
by admin | Jun 1, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 17:18, barely 20 minutes after we’d been officially stood down from incident 50/2003 (team vehicles were still located in Little Lever), Greater Manchester Ambulance Service paged us, quickly followed by a page from Greater Manchester Fire Service, regarding...
by admin | Jun 1, 2003 | General news
Today, 12 Team members took part in another presentation to GMCFS, this time to Blue Watch at Wigan Fire Station. Garry Rhodes and Mike Marsh took part in a presentation to the watch in the fire station, whilst one Team Land Rover ambulance was stripped and the...
