Incident 59/2002

Incident 59/2002

At 16:47 LAS requested the team to assist with an accident involving a Mountain Biker at Rivington. Our first member was on scene in 7 minutes, with two Landrovers responding almost as quickly! The 21 year old cyclist had dislocated his shoulder in a fall. An LAS...
Incident 59/2002

Fire service linkup

In early July, more meetings took place between our leaders and GMCFS, regards finalising joint working arrangements on incidents with the Fire Service. More news on this new development within the team will appear shortly on our website.
Incident 59/2002

Standby rescue cover

A busy day saw the team providing Standby Rescue cover for the Tockholes Gala Fell race (91 competitors with 11 team members available on scene), again passing without incident, followed by two late afternoon callouts (Incidents 59 and 60).
Incident 59/2002

New “Little Dragon”

Our thanks are expressed to our parent body, the MRC of England & Wales for the donation of a Little Dragon MK III model warm air reviva machine, used in the treatment of hypothermic casualties.
Incident 59/2002

More donations…

Two donations gratefully received today have been set against the purchase of our Aerosafe Pulselite high conspicuity garments (see earlier articles): £100 from Abbotsfield Fellwalkers ’96 Flixton arising from the sale of shirts to their members, inclusive...