by admin | Jun 22, 2015 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce a recent donation, received by former Team Chairman Ken Oakes on behalf of the team, from our dear friends at the Rotary Club of Horwich. Keith Maher, Community Chairman of Horwich Rotary, in a letter accompanying this wonderful...
by admin | Jun 21, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Whilst present providing standby rescue cover for the Horwich Festival of Racing 2015 all day event today in Horwich town centre, some of our twenty team members present dealt with five separate incidents all requiring the teams services; At 10.56hrs the team was...
by admin | Jun 21, 2015 | Safety Cover
Held for the last fourteen years and with continuous team involvement since 2004, the Horwich Festival of Racing (formerly known as the Horwich Carnival Races) are a day long series of running, orienteering and road cycling events held within Horwich Town Centre which...
by admin | Jun 20, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Whilst present at GMFRS Horwich Community Fire Station Open Day this afternoon, four team members attending; Equipment Officer – Medical Mark Scott, Training Officer Alistair Greenough, Mike Marsh and Trainee team member Heath Doran, were mobilised by our Team Leader...
by admin | Jun 20, 2015 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
Sadly in somewhat unseasonal chilly, damp and drizzly weather today, the team was present at GMFRS Horwich Community Fire Station Open Day. Invited by GMFRS Horwich Watch Manager Glynn McGann, a former team member and great friend of the team, we had on display our...
by admin | Jun 19, 2015 | Donations
On Sunday 17th May 2015, we reported within the ‘News’ section of our website, that twenty one team members, in our four Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulances, our Ford Transit Minibus and our Incident Control Vehicle, provided standby rescue cover for the...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | General news
This evening saw our monthly Support Group meeting taking place at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ commencing at 19.30hrs. Attending was our President Bob Hutchinson (who acts as the link between our Support Group and the operational membership) and Support Group...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | Safety Cover
This fine early summer evening twenty seven Team Call Out list members, in our four Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulances and our Minibus / Crewbus Ambulance, provided standby rescue cover for the annual Aggies Staircase Fell Race, organised by Darwen Dashers...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | Training
This afternoon, our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, a full time Accident and Emergency Nurse, undertook a training session at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ regarding the concept of ‘pit stop’ CPR, with team members Samantha McKay (also an Accident and Emergency...
by admin | Jun 17, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Further to our involvement in the search for a missing 48 year old man from the Abram Brow area last night and in to the early hours of this morning, at 09.24hrs today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, liaised with GMP about the possibility of the teams on going...