by admin | Jul 22, 2008 | 2008, Incident
An unusual weekday early morning call when at 09:33 we were contacted by NWAS (Greater Manchester) for assistance with the report of an unconcious woman on a footpath leading onto Clifton Moss, in the Newtown area of Swinton. A full team callout message was paged at... by admin | Jul 20, 2008 | 2008, Incident
Early this evening a body was chanced upon by passing hillwalkers in the vicinity of Pickup Bank Reservoir, Belthorn, Darwen. This resulted in an immediate response by Lancashire Constabulary officers and the North West Ambulance Service (Lancashire). At 18:38 the... by admin | Jul 19, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At lunchtime today the team was contacted by the GMP Force Incident Manager requesting the teams assistance to evacuate an injured mountain biker taking part in the ’Hit the North’ 12 hour mountain bike race in the Ringley area of Kearsley. The request was to assist... by admin | Jul 18, 2008 | General news
This evening 7 members of the Bolton East District Explorer Scout Unit visited the teams Ladybridge Hall Base to enjoy a lecture delivered by 4 of our Full Team Callout members. After the presentation on the teams history and training the group was shown the equipment... by admin | Jul 16, 2008 | General news
This Wednesday our regular training session covered the practice of line searches on open moorland. Although not a technically demanding skill, nevertheless line searching does require some practice and awareness, especially when searching moorland terrain. Meeting at...