by admin | Aug 25, 2014 | General news, Lectures/Presentations/Displays
On this Bank Holiday Monday, the team was invited to attend the GMFRS Irlam Community Fire Station open day. The community fire station has recently been repurposed as a joint Fire/Police/Ambulance premises, currently a unique setup in Greater Manchester, so now with... by admin | Aug 24, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 15:42 this afternoon the team was paged by the North West Ambulance Service (Air Desk) at Broughton, who were requesting our assistance at an incident involving an injured horse rider. The call was answered by Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh who soon determined... by admin | Aug 24, 2014 | General news
Today the team attended the “Spirit of Trust” Open Day which was held at Tonge Moor Cricket Club, Bolton. Eight callout list team members attended in our BM1 and BM3 Land Rover ambulance vehicles (Mike Marsh, David Crawford, Philip Crook, Tony Dawson, John... by admin | Aug 23, 2014 | Donations
Our good friends and staunch supporters, Helen & Neil Grundy of Tottington, play their alphorns as The Holcombe Duo during the summer months, weather permitting, outside the Tearooms in the Jumbles Country Park, Bradshaw, with all donations from the appreciative... by admin | Aug 21, 2014 | Training
This evening our weekly training exercise took the form of a typical urban rescue scenario, as we often get called upon to assist at by NWAS. Organised jointly by our Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh and Call Out list member Paul Copley, it started with an... by admin | Aug 21, 2014 | Donations
Not previously reported, has been the kind donation of £9.97p from Doctor Paul Glossop of Bolton on 14th August 2014, via the Charities Aid Foundation. by admin | Aug 21, 2014 | Donations, General news
As part of his own study for the Casualty Care Certificate in Mountain Rescue course which all mountain rescuers in England and Wales are encouraged to take (And renew every three years), Andy Caple, a team member in Langdale Ambleside MRT, set about making his own... by admin | Aug 20, 2014 | Donations
On Saturday 16th August 2014, the team provided standby rescue cover for the annual Darwen Gala Fell Race, held as part of the Darwen Gala (See website ‘News’ report dated the same) This year the Fell Race was organised by Darwen Running Group and was titled; Darwen... by admin | Aug 20, 2014 | Donations
On Saturday 8th March and Sunday 9th March 2014, the team was very pleased to have been associated once again with the second annual Bolton Hill Marathon event, this year spread over two days, with marathons being held on Saturday and another one, following the same... by admin | Aug 18, 2014 | General news
As regular readers are no doubt aware, the team operates a 3.4 metre semi rigid inflatable search and rescue boat complete with outboard engine. (And no its not lost a little bit of its length! Although we have always referred to it as 3.5m long, a recent ‘re-measure’...