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Incident 24/2003

Today saw a GMCFS Station Officer flag down BM3 with two members on board, for directions, assistance & an escort to a moorland fire. The SO was Officer in Charge of the incident and had picked the wrong road as his destination, when BM3 came round the corner. On...
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Double collections!

This evening saw a first for the Team, two collections taking place at the same time. We would like to thank the shoppers & staff at Safeway at Harwood & Safeway at Breightmet for allowing us to hold our first collection evenings of 2003. For the record...
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Facial injuries lecture

Later today saw a very interesting lecture from Gary Cousin, Consultant Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgeon at Blackburn Royal Infirmary. Gary explained the symptoms and potential damage caused by various degrees of facial injury. This was most interesting as he...
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Incident 23/2003

GMAS paged the Team for assistance with an injured Mountain Biker in the Terraced Gardens in Rivington. 10 Team members attended for a 16 year old male, with a suspected fractured left tibia. He had crashed off his bike and landed on the frozen lake, (perhaps luckily...