Incident 117/2008

Incident 117/2008

In the early hours of this morning heavy snowfalls started in the Greater Manchester and Lancashire areas, steadily worsening as the early morning commuter traffic started. Traffic soon ground to a halt in the snow and icy road conditions, with gridlock or at the...
Incident 117/2008

Mountain Rescue Hummer Leaves Bolton

Today is the day Bolton Mountain Rescue Team has to say goodbye to the General Motors Mountain Rescue H3 Hummer. Tomorrow General Motors collect the vehicle which has been available on loan to all Mountain Rescue Teams in England & Wales to celebrate the 75th...
Incident 117/2008

David Staff Memorial Charity Fell Race

Today the team provided standby rescue cover for the David Staff Memorial Charity Fell Race (who are long time friends and supporters of the team.) This fell race takes in a course over 5.1 miles including 1200 feet of ascent, centered on Jubilee Tower, Darwen and...
Incident 117/2008

Incident at Walmersley, Bury

During our return from incident 116/2008 and whilst still in transit NWAS control requested if we could back-up a paramedic rapid response vehicle responding to the report of a cardiac arrest in the Walmersley area of Bury. Our BM2 vehicle was dispatched but stood...
Incident 117/2008

Incident 116/2008

At 15:51 hours we were contacted by NWAS (Manchester) to respond to the report of a football player at Goshen Lane Sports Club, Redvales, Bury, who had suffered a serious leg fracture. Our 4 Landrover ambulances plus BM5 (the ’Hummer’) with a total of 12 team members...