A busy year so far..

A busy year so far..

With incident 75, we are now in our 2nd busiest year ever since 1968 for incidents, with our previous record year of 92 incidents in 2000 looking set to be overtaken.
A busy year so far..

Welcoming Derek Mottershead!

The team played host at our Overdale base to two very special guests, when Derek Mottershead, now in his seventies (a founder member and first Team Leader) visited along with Geoff Sharp, a member from 1969 through to the late 1980’s. Our President, Bob...
A busy year so far..

Darwen Dashers safety cover

The team provided standby safety cover for the Thursday evening 8th August short but arduous “Darwen Dashers” Sting in th’ Tail fell race on Darwen moor. A minor accident to a competitor was the only injury on the event (the team transported him off...
A busy year so far..

Incident 74/2002

The team provided its final all-day safety cover for the M2002 Commonwealth Games Road Race final. We dealt with numerous incidents throughout the day involving ourselves, SJAB, ATACC, LAS, GMAS and Helimed 08 – dealing with both spectators and...
A busy year so far..

Incident 71/2002

Today was the first proper M2002 Commonwealth Games event for us. Today was the time trials in and around Rivington village, would all the training work? would we get fed? All fell into place magically. Team Leader Garry Rhodes actually ended up running Lancashire...