As part of our provision of assistance to NWAS (Greater Manchester) during this evenings New Years Eve, our last incident of 2013 came in at 23.20hrs when the team despatched our BM1 vehicle to an 88 years old female with a medical condition, in Blackrod, Bolton.
She was transported in our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance BM1 to Royal Bolton Hospital.
As part of our provision of assistance to NWAS (Greater Manchester) during this evenings New Years Eve, our second incident of this evening came in at 22.59hrs, with a request to transport a 21 years old male patient already assessed by an NWAS Advanced Paramedic, on scene in Bryn, Wigan, to hospital, with a suspected fractured wrist.
He was transported in our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance BM3 to Wigan Hospital.
As part of our provision of assistance to NWAS (Greater Manchester) during this evenings New Years Eve, our first incident of this evening came in at 22.55hrs, when our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance BM2 in the Dunscar area of Bolton, chanced upon a two vehicle RTC involving four persons.
NWAS (Greater Manchester) requested we deal with this RTC, with no further involvement required from us once initial assessments had been carried out.
Greater Manchester Police were also involved on scene at this RTC.
Today at 11.32hrs the team was paged by NWAS (Lancashire) Broughton EOC to provide assistance to an NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Ambulance crew dealing with an injured male runner in the Sunnyhurst Woods area of Darwen.
The 25 year old man had been out training with a friend, as part of his recovery back to full health from an ankle injury, when he stumbled, suffering a suspected fractured ankle!
Upon realising the injured male was remote from the road, and on the track network within Sunnyhurst Woods (Actually on the Witton Weavers Way footpath route) the NWAS crew requested MRT assistance.
After our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon and Call Out Contact Mike Marsh had both liaised with NWAS EOC a full pager call out was made at 11.40hrs by which time the first team members were already responding to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to collect a team vehicle.
In total three team Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances responded, with the first going mobile at 11.45hrs.
Team member Paul Brain, was first at scene, at 11.55hrs, meeting one of the responding NWAS crew members at Earnsdale Road, who guided Paul to the casualty site, enabling him to inform other responding MRT members of the exact location of the injured runner.
With the arrival of the first team vehicles, at circa 12.00hrs at the initial RVP, other responding team members were transported in our Bolton Mobile 1 vehicle, nearer to the location, accessible via the local track network.
By 12.32hrs all responding members were involved in the rescue and subsequent stretcher evacuation of the injured male, who had been treated by the NWAS Emergency Ambulance crew.
The injured runner was placed on to one of our specialist mountain rescue stretchers, and carried from the location, on some steps within the woods, to our waiting Bolton Mobile 3 vehicle, which then further transported him to the NWAS Emergency Ambulance on Earnsdale Road.
The man was then taken by Ambulance to Royal Blackburn Hospital, with all resources on scene being clear by 13.26hrs.
The following resources were involved in this incident;
NWAS (Lancashire); Broughton EOC and an Emergency Ambulance and two person crew from Darwen Ambulance Station.
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team; Three Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicles (Radio callsigns Bolton Mobile 1,2 and 3) with one team member (Our Deputy Team Leader) co-ordinating our response from his home location, thirteen team Call Out list members present on scene, and two further Call Out list members stood down responding.
During this incident, the team received a further call out, this time from NWAS (Manchester) Parkway EOC, at 12.46hrs, regarding an incident in the Standish area, the NWAA Helimed was already responding to this incident, and as we were already deployed in Darwen, it was arranged that we would be called to assist if the Helimed crew required such.
As such we were not required to assist, and this call for our possible assistance is recorded here for information and interest only and does not feature in our Incident listings.
This evening whilst in the company of a member of NEWSAR team, Bolton MRT experienced team member John Fletcher, our Equipment Officer – Water, and a member of our integral ‘Water Team,’ was requested to join in with the NEWSAR response to a call out to provide specialist MRT support to the flooding situation facing many parts in North Wales, and specifically the Rhyl area.More
A large number of police officers are being deployed to areas within Didsbury alongside colleagues from @manchesterfire to support @ManCityCouncil with evacuating residents at risk of flooding from #StormChristoph
⚠️ Severe Flood Warning covering parts of Didsbury, Chorlton & Northenden ⚠️
Please share the below image with friends, family & networks should anyone need info on how to prepare, what to expect & who to contact for urgent care/support.
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The #M60 anticlockwise both entry slips from the #A576 and the roundabout itself at #J19 (#Middleton#A576) is currently CLOSED due to flooding in the carriageway. Traffic Officers are currently at scene, Maintenance Crews are on their way to the area to assist.
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Dec 31 2013
Incident 110/2013
As part of our provision of assistance to NWAS (Greater Manchester) during this evenings New Years Eve, our last incident of 2013 came in at 23.20hrs when the team despatched our BM1 vehicle to an 88 years old female with a medical condition, in Blackrod, Bolton.
She was transported in our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance BM1 to Royal Bolton Hospital.
By admin • 2013, Incident • Tags: Blackrod, Miscellaneous