by admin | Aug 21, 2002 | General news
Another GMCFS presentation took place this evening, to the two crews of Green Watch at Leigh Fire Station, alongside the standby crew from Eccles Fire Station. As with previous visits to other stations, considerable interest was shown in our capabilities and...
by admin | Aug 19, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Late in the evening, Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh and his search dog Chi responded to a request to assist BPMRT in the search for a missing 34 year old man in Preston. He was located unharmed in the early hours of Tuesday 20th August by police, and a tired Dave (and...
by admin | Aug 17, 2002 | Donations, General news
The team received a wonderful donation of £150 from our friends and supporters at the “Darwen Dashers” running club, Darwen.
by admin | Aug 17, 2002 | General news
The team was busy at two separate displays today, one at the annual Darwen Gala event, where we also provided standby cover for the associated Darwen Tower fell race, whilst other members were present at the GMCFS Hindley fire station open day (£11.02 collected...
by admin | Aug 13, 2002 | 2002, Incident
In the early evening our team, joint with Rossendale, were called out by LAS, following a report of a helicopter crash landing in the Bull Hill/Cadshaw Bridge area on the outskirts of Darwen. A major Fire, Police and Ambulance response took place including Helimed 08....