by admin | Aug 26, 2002 | 2002, Incident
A young boy, on an outing with a youth group, fell down the side of Rivington Pike and was treated for suspected head, leg & spinal injuries, then evacuated via Helimed 08. Fortunately it transpired that the only injury was a twisted ankle!
by admin | Aug 26, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Shortly afterwards the team was asked via the police & Ranger service to use towing gear to recover a stuck transit van near to Rivington upper barn.
by admin | Aug 25, 2002 | General news
10 team members provided standby cover for the the Horwich Triathlon, organised by Horwich RMI Harriers and AC. We specifically covered the moorland track running part, dealing with one incident requiring hospital treatment. (See incident 77/2002)
by admin | Aug 25, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Whilst on standby cover for the Horwich Triathlon, team members assisted a competitor (during the running section) who had fallen on a moorland track, sustaining an arm laceration. He was transported to the Royal Bolton Hospital in a team Landrover ambulance for...
by admin | Aug 24, 2002 | General news
Today, eight team members were out collecting at the Safeway Harwood store. Thanks to the generosity of shoppers (and of course to Safeway for allowing the collection) we raised £215.35p.
by admin | Aug 22, 2002 | Donations, General news
Mid August saw a flurry of donations with £25 from our many friends at Rylands Court Nursing Home, Westhoughton, £50 from the Darwen Gala Committee, £20 from Derek Mottershead and Geoff Sharp (following their visit to the team on August 10th) and...
by admin | Aug 21, 2002 | General news
Another GMCFS presentation took place this evening, to the two crews of Green Watch at Leigh Fire Station, alongside the standby crew from Eccles Fire Station. As with previous visits to other stations, considerable interest was shown in our capabilities and...
by admin | Aug 19, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Late in the evening, Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh and his search dog Chi responded to a request to assist BPMRT in the search for a missing 34 year old man in Preston. He was located unharmed in the early hours of Tuesday 20th August by police, and a tired Dave (and...
by admin | Aug 17, 2002 | Donations, General news
The team received a wonderful donation of £150 from our friends and supporters at the “Darwen Dashers” running club, Darwen.
by admin | Aug 17, 2002 | General news
The team was busy at two separate displays today, one at the annual Darwen Gala event, where we also provided standby cover for the associated Darwen Tower fell race, whilst other members were present at the GMCFS Hindley fire station open day (£11.02 collected...
