by admin | Jun 8, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Today the team was asked by Greater Manchester Police for assistance with a 7 year old who had gone missing in Salford. Fortunately he was found unharmed very shortly after.
by admin | Jun 7, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Late in the evening, GMAS requested the team to attend an incident with GMCFS in Radcliffe, where a young girl had fallen approximately 50 feet from a rope swing, possibly fracturing her ribcage. We were stood down as we arrived on scene.
by admin | Jun 7, 2002 | 2002, Incident
At Tigers Clough, in Horwich, a casualty had come off a rope swing and landed head first, further fracturing both his left and right radius & ulna (forearm). We were called and assisted the GMAS and Helimed crew with the stretcher carry out of the clough, to the...
by admin | Jun 1, 2002 | 2002, Incident
LAS asked the team to respond to a walker, who had a suspected dislocated kneecap in Lever Park. The incident was dealt with very quickly and the woman was transferred through the park, to a waiting ambulance, in one of our Landrovers.
by admin | May 29, 2002 | 2002, Incident
After some initial talks with our Team Leader regarding a missing 5 year old boy, it was decided to put the team on immediate standby, with a view to a full call out following a Police review of the situation. Fortunately the little boy was found soon afterwards in...
by admin | May 6, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Whilst on M2002 business in the team area, we dealt with 2 incidents during the day – the first involving a person with a dislocated shoulder at Stronstrey Bank, near White Coppice, where we were quickly stood down on route. Later, we were approached by 2...