by admin | Dec 30, 2004 | Donations, General news
We received today a Christmas card and a £10 donation from a very good friend of the team, Mrs. Phyllis Horner of Adlington, Chorley (and her husband, Stan). Readers of the website may recall we rescued Phyllis back in August 2003, when she dislocated her knee...
by admin | Dec 29, 2004 | 2004, Incident
At 11.31 Hrs the Team Leader was contacted directly, for the Team’s assistance, for an incident in the Rivington area, at first there was an intial rendezvous point at Lower House Car Park, Rivington. The incident concerned a mountain biker who had dislocated...
by admin | Dec 26, 2004 | 2004, Incident
With darkness rapidly falling, and whilst packing up kit from Incident 90 ( and kit we still had to pack up from Incident 89 ! ) we received a call from GMAS at 16.23 hrs to go to Winter Hill summit, where there was a report of a person with diabetic problems at the...
by admin | Dec 26, 2004 | 2004, Incident
Whilst personnel were returning equipment to the team vehicles, parked up on an hillside track, at the conclusion of the previous incident, the team became aware of another incident immediately nearby at 15.28 hrs. A 72 year old man out with his wife, had apparently...
by admin | Dec 26, 2004 | 2004, Incident
GMAS initially contacted the team at 13.51, with regards to the report of an incident in Rivington, the exact location of which was unknown. Team members already in the general area quickly responded, as the call was then passed to LAS. The team met up with the 999...