by admin | Jun 26, 2002 | 2002, Incident
After our Wednesday night training, we were put on standby by Greater Manchester Police who were searching for a gentleman in the Ramsbottom area. Whilst most of the team remained on standby, Dave Marsh and Chi, with navigator Alistair Greenough, assisted Rossendale... by admin | Jun 17, 2002 | 2002, Incident
In the evening, Greater Manchester Police requested the team’s involvement for an urgent search of a 32 year old male, at Top Lock, in Wigan. Just as the last few members of the team were arriving on scene, the radios buzzed into life – Dave Marsh, with... 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.