by admin | Nov 29, 2008 | General news
In the early hours of this morning, (well 9:30, on a Saturday!), call out team members Chris Greenhalgh, Steve Fletcher, Mike Higginbottom and Paul Brain met at our Ladybridge Hall Base to receive a safety briefing with Ray Cooper from Northampton-based Pro-Trax Off...
by admin | Nov 25, 2008 | General news
Tent Valeting Services (T.V.S.) Ltd. are a family run business which is based on Egerton Street, Moses Gate, Farnworth. They have been very helpful and supportive of the team for a number of years now. They have made various different equipment covers, roofrack covers...
by admin | Nov 25, 2008 | General news
This evening 7 Full Team Call out members visited Darwen Fire Station for a kit demonstration. The first call of the evening was to the fire station canteen for a brew and biscuit. Whilst the lowly members of the team went out into the garage to lay out a selection of...
by admin | Nov 25, 2008 | General news
As regular readers know, two of our Mountain Rescue Landrover Ambulances are stored in the grounds of Bolton Central Fire Station (BFS in our communications). Sunday evening following the crane exercise in Bury Town Centre (see ’news’ item dated 23rd...
by admin | Nov 25, 2008 | General news
Support for the team comes from all sorts of surprising and unexpected sources, but when medical equipment officer Mark Scott was approached by a work colleague of his, John Washington, the nature of that support was unusual indeed. John’s father, whose name was...