by admin | Mar 6, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Today saw experienced Bolton MRT team member and DVSD Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh, return from a long weekend deployment to Ireland, taking in both the Republic and Northern Ireland, engaged on a search of a river in the Strabane area for a missing person. Dave who...
by admin | Mar 5, 2016 | Donations
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received within the post, a kind donation of £60.00 to the team from our valued friends and supporters at Wigan Rambling and Climbing Club. Over the last few years Wiagn Rambling and Climbing Club has made donations to the team...
by admin | Mar 5, 2016 | Training
Continuing a theme of driver training and vehicle familiarity with some of our operational members less experienced at driving team vehicles, today it was the turn of our Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh, a GMFRS Firefighter and Fire Appliance Driver by profession,...
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This evening, following a visit by the ‘first half’ of the Squadron on Thursday evening, 11th February 2016 (see website ‘News’ report dated the same) the ‘second half’ of 1471 (Horwich) Squadron Air cadets visited us at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ this evening....
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Around noon today, a group of walkers came across a collapsed male, within the replica of Liverpool Castle, which is located within Lever Park, on the shore of Lower Rivington Reservoir, Rivington. Shortly afterwards a locally resident NWAS Community First Responder...