by admin | Apr 7, 2011 | 2011, Incident
This afternoon at 15:20 we were contacted by pager by the ’Airdesk’ (NWAA Helimed ’tasking’ ) at NWAS (Lancashire) to respond to the report of a collapsed hillwalker on Darwen Moor. The call was answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who collected the relevant... by admin | Mar 26, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 12:07 today,the team was paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) to lend assistance at an incident in the Harwood area of Bolton. The call was answered by experienced team member Mike Marsh, who promptly called out the rest of the team to assist via a full team... by admin | Feb 28, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 19:20 this evening our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon was contacted by Greater Manchester Police, who were requesting the team’s assistance in searching an area of woodland in Tyldesley, Wigan. Earlier in the evening a concerned member of the public had contacted... by admin | Feb 17, 2011 | 2011, Incident
In the early hours of this morning, at circa 03.55hrs, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, was contacted by a Greater Manchester Police Missing Person Search Manager regards the teams assistance concerning a missing 40 years old Middleton man, in circumstances giving... by admin | Feb 9, 2011 | 2011, Incident
On the late evening of Tuesday 8th February, eight men aged from 20 to 32 from the Bolton and Manchester area, decided to drive two four-wheel drive vehicles onto Darwen Moor with the aim being to reach Darwen Tower via the narrow track/bridle way system. In heavy... by admin | Jan 27, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 17:15 early this evening, NWAS (Greater Manchester) requested the team to assist them with a casualty suffering a dislocated knee, in the middle of a Sports Field in the Altrincham area of South Manchester. A full team pager call out was made at 17:19, with eleven...