by admin | Dec 5, 2008 | Donations, General news
Regular readers of our website will be familiar with the wonderful and long standing support the team receives from Jim Fletcher at the ’Shed’ in Belthorn village on the outskirts of Darwen. Jim has held a collecting box at the ’Shed’ for a... by admin | Dec 5, 2008 | Donations, General news
Today we received a very kind £50.00 donation from Darwen Dashers Running Club, thanking us for our help on their David Staff Memorial Fell Race held on Sunday 30th November 2008, at which we provided Standby Rescue Cover. (see ’news’ item dated 30th... by admin | Dec 4, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 10.25hrs along with our colleagues at Rossendale and Pendle MRT we were requested by NWAS (Lancashire) A&E Control to RVP at Darwen Ambulance Station (in our case) to standby regarding a large number of motorists stuck in snowdrifts on the snowbound road... by admin | Dec 4, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 09.36hrs NWAS (Lancashire) Accident and Emergency Control contacted our Team Leader directly for 4WD assistance, to reach a property and evacuate an elderly and poorly gentleman from a care home in Darwen, which due to icy and snowbound road conditions was... by admin | Dec 4, 2008 | 2008, Incident
With a very heavy snowfall forecasted for the Greater Manchester and Lancashire areas during the early hours of this morning, the North West Ambulance Service had requested MRTs in Lancashire and Greater Manchester to go to standby status overnight in case of need, to...