by admin | Jan 27, 2003 | General news
Special thanks to Duncan Mansfield at 4×4 Parts Master Ltd who donated some spare parts for our Warn winches, free to the Team. Why did we need the spares? Well book your ticket for the 35th Annual Team Dinner on Friday May 16th 2003 and all will be...
by admin | Jan 26, 2003 | Donations, General news
An unusual donation received by Team members whilst out and about in a Team Landrover on this Sunday, when a hillwalker approached the Team saying ’…. he’d been on the lookout for a Mountain Rescue Team….’ a job thought the members...
by admin | Jan 14, 2003 | Donations, General news
£120 donation received in mid January from our friends and supporters in North Turton Parish Council. [NTPC have been long term supporters of the Team]
by admin | Jan 12, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 13:38, GMAS paged the team requesting our attendance (in conjunction with the fire service and other GMAS resources) at Moss Bank Park, Bolton, following a report of a child who had fallen through ice, into a lake at the park. We were stood down as our vehicles...
by admin | Jan 6, 2003 | Donations, General news
2003 started with excellent news on the donation front. Firstly many thanks to the Co-Op Community Award Scheme for the £318 we received. This money has been used for the purchase of waterproof clipboards, these will allow the use of our search paperwork out in...
by admin | Jan 5, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 13:32, Lancashire Ambulance Service paged the team, requesting our assistance following a 999 call from a female, on an snowy, icy, steep hillside at Stepback Brook near to Darwen Tower. Team vehicles were quickly on scene and found the injured woman, luckily we...
by admin | Jan 4, 2003 | Donations, General news
Today a donation of £5 from Bolton West District Scouts, Thank you!
by admin | Jan 4, 2003 | 2003, Incident
Just after the previous incident had concluded, we were asked to help with a young child who had slipped on the ice and had sustained a possible fractured elbow. The youngster was treated with painkilling gas and taken to the other of the two ambulances that had...
by admin | Jan 4, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 11:28, Lancashire Ambulance Service paged the team, requesting our assistance following a 999 call for a collapsed female, on an icy footpath near to the Pigeon Tower, Rivington – the woman had suffered a cardiac arrest. Working alongside paramedics from GMAS...
by admin | Jan 1, 2003 | 2003, Incident
After a busy early morning, New Year’s Day series of calls in direct support of GMAS (see separate entry), the team was called out late afternoon to assist GMAS with an incident involving two persons trapped in mud at Pennington Flash Country Park, Leigh. The...
