by admin | Oct 10, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 20:24 this evening our Team Leader was contacted by GMP requesting the team’s assistance in a search operation for a missing 75 year old Swinton woman. The woman had been reported missing by her husband from her home address on the afternoon of today, prompting a... by admin | Oct 10, 2008 | General news
This evening after receiving it on Thursday 9th October, the Hummer H3 Mountain Rescue vehicle on loan to the team received its first operational callout with the team on a search operation in the Swinton area (see incident 102/2008). The vehicle drew much interest... by admin | Oct 9, 2008 | General news
Well it arrived tonight on a multi week loan from General Motors to our team, one Hummer H3 vehicle fully liveried up for Mountain Rescue use. In this the 75th Anniversary year of Mountain Rescue in the United Kingdom, Hummer partnered up with Mountain Rescue England... by admin | Oct 9, 2008 | General news
This evening long serving and very experienced team call out list member Alison Yates took the hard decision to leave the teams call out list membership. Alison joined the team way back in August 1992 as a young General Nurse allied to her hill walking experiences and... by admin | Oct 9, 2008 | General news
Today trainee team member Gary Allton, due to work and family commitments decided to leave the team call out list membership since joining in February 2008. This leaves five trainee members from our February 2008 intake, and two from our most recent intake, who will...