by admin | Jun 22, 2002 | General news
Today the team attended the Edgworth and Turton Church of England Methodist C.P. School Summer Fair (an annual commitment for the team, to thank the school for its considerable financial support of the team over many years).
by admin | Jun 19, 2002 | General news
This evening, ten team members visited the BAE Systems military aircraft factory at Warton, Lancashire, for what has now become a regular feature of the teams training programme, namely the hazards involved in military fast jet aircraft crashes. Slide shows and safety...
by admin | Jun 19, 2002 | General news
Again updating an earlier report, on Wednesday 19th June, the team received a generous donation of two AEROSAFE “PULSELITE” protective garments (worth over £100). We are the first MRT in the country (indeed the world!) to try out these innovative...
by admin | Jun 19, 2002 | General news
Regarding our plans to purchase new team clothing, we are currently testing two Keela “MUNRO” jackets in the team – thanks to Keela for sending the test garments.
by admin | Jun 17, 2002 | 2002, Incident
In the evening, Greater Manchester Police requested the team’s involvement for an urgent search of a 32 year old male, at Top Lock, in Wigan. Just as the last few members of the team were arriving on scene, the radios buzzed into life – Dave Marsh, with...
by admin | Jun 16, 2002 | General news
Our work for the Commonwealth Games has now started, with the team already providing Standby Rescue covers for two Mountain Bike practice events. During the day we were called to two incidents. The first, at 09:35, involved an event marshall who had twisted her ankle....
by admin | Jun 14, 2002 | General news
During torrential rainfall, the team was put on standby by both GMAS and LAS. Apparently 51mm of rain fell that day. The average for June is 41mm over 2 weeks! Whilst the team was on standby in Westhoughton, we were only called to attend one incident, involving a...
by admin | Jun 13, 2002 | General news
Today Mrs. Christine Noone, together with her daughter and several of her friends, visited our Overdale base. Christine had recently presented to the team a substantial sum of money in memory of her late husband, Peter. It had been the specific request of Christine...
by admin | Jun 8, 2002 | General news
Further to our earlier report on the MRC Casualty Care Certificate Course, we can happily report another 4 team members have passed their examinations, giving the team 29 successful passes on this very intensive course.
by admin | Jun 8, 2002 | General news
Over three separate evenings in early June, (whilst off duty) Sgt. Ray Riley of GMP Traffic, Wigan, took out 9 team members for “commentary” and emergency response driver awareness training in BM1, one of our two First Response Landrover ambulances. The...
