by admin | Jul 10, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 17.54hrs this very warm and sunny evening, the team was contacted via SARCALL pager by NWAS (Greater Manchester) Parkway EOC to assist at an incident in Hindley, involving a 14 year old male youth. Our Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh contacted NWAS Parkway for... by admin | Jul 10, 2015 | General news
This evening former operational team member Glyn McGann celebrated his fortieth birthday with a party at Rivington Bowling Club, Lever Park, Rivington. Glyn who joined the team aged just sixteen, left the team in his early twenties to pursue a career in GMFRS, where... by admin | Jul 10, 2015 | Training
This evening, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, Elaine Gilliland and Trailing Search Dog Boris, headed off for this weekends monthly SARDA Wales training exercise. by admin | Jul 9, 2015 | Safety Cover
This evening for the second year running, we provided standby rescue cover for the Radcliffe Athletics Club organised Bull Hill Fell Race. Early available team members initially met at both our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ and our GMFRS Bolton North Community Fire... by admin | Jul 9, 2015 | Donations
On Wednesday evening 5th February 2014, Alan Sumner alongside his fellow Radcliffe Athletics Club colleague Mark Emmett, visited us at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ – their visit being reported at the time within the ‘News’ pages of our website. Since this time we... by admin | Jul 9, 2015 | General news
This afternoon our Equipment Officer – Base and Catering Paul Copley replenished all our large holding of bottled water, cordial and soft drink cans stock, held at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ and with smaller supplies in all six of our team vehicles, which are used... by admin | Jul 9, 2015 | Donations
It was only yesterday that we reported a fantastic donation of £193.50p from our very kind friends at Darwen Dashers Running Club – please see website report dated the same, and now today we can report on yet another donation from our wonderful supporters at Darwen... by admin | Jul 8, 2015 | Safety Cover
This evening saw team members providing standby rescue cover for the Midweek MTB Madness mountain bike event, attracting 91x entrants, held at Leverhulme Park, Bolton. This is the first time we have been associated with this fantastic event, with the race commencing... by admin | Jul 8, 2015 | Donations
On Friday evening, 20th February 2015 we provided standby rescue cover for the Darwen Dashers Running Club Mr Sparkle’s Dark Un winter evening Fell Race, taking in the Tockholes, Roddlesworth, and Darwen Moor area. We are very pleased to report the receipt today of an... 
by admin | Jul 6, 2015 | General news
Over the weekend of the 4th & 5th July 2015, the ninth annual Blackrod Scarecrow Festival was held with 131 officially registered Scarecrows (and many more not registered) in various locations around Blackrod, which engaged the whole community, with many events...