by admin | Jan 22, 2015 | General news
This evening the team was contacted by Dave Mitchell via Facebook. Dave was a member of staff present with the group involved on today’s incident, when one of the children had a snow sledging accident at Rivington (See Incident 23) “A big thank you from all the... by admin | Jan 22, 2015 | 2014, Incident
At 12.05hrs this chilly afternoon, with a large amount of snow lying on the local moors, including still freezing conditions, we were paged by NWAS EOC Broughton, regards a twelve year old boy “fallen from sledge – leg injury,” on a track near Rivington Hall. A... by admin | Jan 21, 2015 | General news
Yesterday – Tuesday 20th January, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted by a GMP Missing Person Search Manager, regarding the assistance of MRTs to a missing person search enquiry in the Greater Manchester area. Given the circumstances, a multi team response... by admin | Jan 21, 2015 | Training
This evening, in wintry conditions of snow lying on the local moors, team members took part in an area familiarity and navigation exercise on and around Holcombe Moor and Holcombe Hill above Bury. We border this high moorland area with our colleagues at Rossendale and... by admin | Jan 21, 2015 | Training
Tonight at 19.00hrs saw our six remaining probationary members, Heath Doran, Neil Haigh, Steve James, Matthew Morris, Rasti Schweizer and Carole Truman, all put through a team equipment ‘no notice’ familiarity test by our Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh, at their... by admin | Jan 19, 2015 | Donations
Today we are pleased to announce the receipt by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, of a Thank You card and a very kind donation from Mrs June Stemp, who we rescued following her unfortunate slip and subsequent leg fracture, on the slopes below Darwen (Jubilee) Tower on... by admin | Jan 19, 2015 | Donations
As reported within these news pages on 15th January 2015, Elaine Birchall, organiser of Elaine’s Dancers, who meet weekly at St Mary’s Church Hall, Richmond Street, Horwich, arranged a special charity line-dancing evening dedicated to the memory of the late Jean... by admin | Jan 18, 2015 | General news
We are saddened to announce that on Saturday 17th January, during the continuation of the search by Cheshire Constabulary, aided by Cheshire Search and Rescue Team for a missing 77 years old woman from Rixton, Warrington, – at which we had assisted on Friday 16th... by admin | Jan 18, 2015 | General news
Following the conclusion of Incident 22, the team members involved travelled on to undertake their originally planned exercise at the excellent venue of Brownstones Quarry, off Colliers Row Road, Smithills. Our Training Officer Alistair Greenough split the twelve Call... by admin | Jan 18, 2015 | 2014, Incident
At 10:32 this snowy and very icy morning, as team members were assembled at our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ, ready to depart for an outdoor training exercise, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted by North West Ambulance Service EOC (Manchester) regarding a local...