by admin | Jun 15, 2008 | General news
Yet again and with very grateful thanks, Total Tyre Services of Leigh have come to the rescue of the team on yet another occassion. Upon discovering one of our Landrovers had suffered a punctured and now totally deflated tyre, this Sunday morning Total Tyre Services...
by admin | Jun 15, 2008 | General news
Today team member Fred Taylor headed off to Swaledale MRT for a training day organised by the Mountain Rescue England & Wales. The topic was Opiates – strong painkilling (analgesic) drugs, and in particular an exploration of the potential of some opiates...
by admin | Jun 13, 2008 | Donations, General news
This morning we were very pleased to receive a very kind letter from Mrs. Joan Waddicar, the casualty involved in #article#1985#incident 61/2008.# Readers may recall Joan fractured her ankle in a fall on the track network below George’s Lane, Montcliffe (the...
by admin | Jun 12, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 20:50 this evening, NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) contacted the team to assist with an incident in the Seven Acres Country Park area of Thicketford Brow, Bolton. A total of 23 call out list members responded to this incident (with 2 additional members stood down...
by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 15:25 this afternoon, NWAS (Lancashire Area) contacted our Team Leader by mobile phone to request the team’s services with the report of a 17 year old female suffering from heat exhaustion and stomach pains in the Earnsdale Reservoir area below the moorland slopes...