by admin | Jul 5, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 21:16, GMAS called us out, to what became a large scale multi agency response to the report received via GMCFS of a hot air balloon crashing in the area of Delph reservoir in the West Pennine Moors. GMAS, GMCFS, GMP and BMRT all responded (ourselves with 4 vehicles... by admin | Jul 5, 2003 | General news
An Saturday afternoon, 19 team members provided standby rescue cover for the annual Tockholes Gala fell race, organised by Darwen Dashers. 99 competitors took part, with no incidents to mar an excellent turnout. by admin | Jul 4, 2003 | Donations, General news
Early July and we also can thank St Andrews Mothers Union, Bromley Cross for a generous £25 donation following on from a lecture we did in March. Susan O’Hara in her letter wrote ’You do a wonderful job and are very dedicated people’ Our thanks... by admin | Jul 1, 2003 | General news
Well we started off the month by sitting back and relaxing a little. Who would have believed that over 4 days in June we had 11 incidents, which represents 20% of the total number of incidents we have had this year!! And there is still another 6 months to go. by admin | Jun 14, 2003 | 2003, Incident
We were called to two incidents during the day. The first, at 18:11 hours, involved a man who had slipped and hit his head near to the Pigeon Tower in Rivington. We were called to the scene by Lancashire Ambulance Service alongside a GMAS crew from Blackrod and also...