by admin | Feb 11, 2007 | General news
Another team activity, and yet another tyre puncture on one of our Landrovers, incurred during the course of the Winter Hill Fell Race. So, there we were, at a relatively remote moorland carpark with one flat tyre on our Landrover on a late Sunday morning. One quick... by admin | Feb 11, 2007 | 2007, Incident
Whilst in the Rivington area providing standby rescue cover for the Winter Hill Fell Race, the team was contacted direct by NWAS (Lancashire area) A&E Control to respond, due to our being in the close vicinity, to the report of an elderly man who had collapsed... by admin | Feb 11, 2007 | General news
Today the team provided its usual standby safety cover for the annual Winter Hill Fell Race. Heavy snowfalls on Friday evening and the early hours of Saturday had given way this morning to a rapid thaw, low cloud and chilling wet temperatures of 5øC, ideal... by admin | Feb 10, 2007 | 2007, Incident
By 01:00 this morning all four Landrovers had returned to our LBH base with road conditions in the Bolton area still icy at all levels but with thawing conditions setting in (it was still artic on the local moorlands!). As we were locking up the base at 01:08, NWAS... by admin | Feb 10, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At the conclusion of the previous incident, our BM2 and BM3 vehicles were immediately despatched to give assistance an NWAS (GMA) Rapid Response Vehicle which following an emergency call in the Markland Hill area of Bolton was now stuck on icy roads and the towing and...