by admin | Mar 29, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At 14:15 Hrs today, Greater Manchester Police contacted the Team, to request our assistance with a body recovery operation on the border of Farnworth and Salford. The body of a male had been discovered earlier in the day, in a strip of woodland immediately to the... by admin | Mar 19, 2007 | 2007, Incident
During the afternoon of Monday 20th March, the team was asked to assist NWAS (GMA) during a peak demand period. The team responded to 9 incidents, 1 code green, 3 code ambers and 5 code reds across the Bolton and Wigan areas. The incidents involved ankle injuries and... by admin | Mar 4, 2007 | 2007, Incident
This weekend, team member Alistair Greenough was staying in the Trough of Bowland, bodying on a training weekend for SARDA(E) (That’s the Search and Rescue Dog Association, England). As the weekend drew to a close, Alistair was returning to Smelt Mill (the nearby... by admin | Feb 25, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At 12:56 today the team, whilst at our Ladybridge base carrying out a vehicle valet day and equipment check day, was contacted directly by NWAS (GMA) control to attend a report of 3 children in a river on the outskirts of Bolton. Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue... by admin | Feb 23, 2007 | 2007, Incident
On Friday evening 23rd February, readers will be aware that the mainline Virgin train derailed at high speed in the Grayrigg area on the outskirts of Kendal, South Cumbria. A major mobilisation call went out to some of the Cumbrian Mountain Rescue teams, as well as... by admin | Feb 23, 2007 | 2007, Incident
This was the evening of the Grayrigg rail incident on the outskirts of Kendal, in South Cumbria, which prompted a major incident response by all the relevant emergency services in Cumbria. As part of the overall response to thia major incident, NWAS (Lancashire Area)...