by admin | Dec 15, 2015 | General news
Further to our being called out to provide assistance during the Lancaster flooding Major Incident, on the late evening of Saturday 5th December 2015 – please see our Incident 90, dated the same, today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following letter...
by admin | Dec 15, 2015 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a kind and thoughtful, festive donation of £175.00 from our great friends and highly valued supporters at St Mary’s Walking Group, Horwich. In a Christmas Card and letter with this kind donation, sent to our Team...
by admin | Dec 14, 2015 | Donations
On the evening of Tuesday 15th May 2012, we were called out to assist NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) Emergency Ambulance staff with the rescue and evacuation of a 13 year old boy who had suffered an ankle fracture in fields, in the Mosley Common area of Worsley....
by admin | Dec 14, 2015 | Training
Our regular readers will be aware that April 1st 2015 saw the start of the disbandment and wind down of the RAF, Royal Navy / Fleet Air Arm / HMCG existing UK Helicopter Search and Rescue provision, and its total civilianisation under a new long lasting contract,...
by admin | Dec 13, 2015 | 2015, Incident
On Saturday evening, 12th December our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, Trailing Search Dog Boris and their usual Navigator Elaine Gilliland, were placed on standby to assist Police Scotland with a search for a missing man. The missing 52 year...