by admin | Nov 23, 2005 | General news
We exercise every Wednesday evening, usually outdoors and in whatever conditions the weather wants to throw at us. To add a degree of realism to our training, we rely on exercise casualties, unfamiliar to the team membership to act out the role of the lost and / or... by admin | Nov 21, 2005 | 2005, Incident
At 16:24 Hrs today Greater Manchester Police, paged the Team for immediate assistance with a search for a missing 60 year old male, in the Bow Green, Bowdon area of South Manchester. A Full Team call out took place at 16.54 Hrs, also requesting our kayak search team,... by admin | Nov 20, 2005 | General news
The recent spell of clear blue skies and icy conditions seems to have resulted in a number of hot air balloon flights over our team moorland area (and a spectacular sight against the backdrop of some of our sunsets it makes as well). During our new member’s day... by admin | Nov 20, 2005 | General news
As a follow on to the Tuesday evening event (see #article#1008#link#) we were expecting 5 persons to attend today all with an interest in joining the team. Maybe it was the freezing cold weather or very wet and boggy ground conditions (part frozen), but only four... by admin | Nov 20, 2005 | General news
Early this morning 12 team members and three team vehicles were committed to providing standby rescue cover for the annual Darwen Biathlon, renamed this year the Darwen Aquathon. 50 competitors took part in the fell race section which we covered, following their part...