by admin | Jun 22, 2014 | 2014, Incident
This warm and sunny evening at 20.26hrs we were paged by GMP for assistance with a developing search for a missing 64 years old Westhoughton woman, suffering from dementia who had not returned home from walking her dog. The call was answered by our Team Leader Garry... by admin | Jun 22, 2014 | General news
Readers will recall that on Good Friday, 18th April 2014, we responded to an incident involving a young 11 years old girl, who had sustained a serious knee injury, after stumbling on the slopes of Rivington Pike. The young girl, Chloe Southworth, who had been enjoying... by admin | Jun 21, 2014 | 2014, Incident
On Saturday 7th June 2014, a 36 year old male resident of Walkden, Worsley was reported missing from his home address. Police enquiries and police search efforts resulted in Bolton MRT being requested to assist Greater Manchester Police in a search on Thursday 12th... by admin | Jun 20, 2014 | General news
This afternoon, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE has been in contact with a GMP Missing Person Search Manager, regarding the continuation of our involvement in the efforts to locate a missing 36 years old man, a resident of Walkden, Worsley, Manchester. Craig Kennedy... by admin | Jun 20, 2014 | General news
Later today, our Team Equipment Officer, Rope and Stretchers, Mike O’Brien, and team call out list colleague Chris Weatherhead, will be setting off to undertake a mountain challenge event in the Brecon Beacons this weekend, to raise funds for Mountain Rescue Teams... by admin | Jun 20, 2014 | General news
Readers will recall that on Good Friday, 18th April 2014, we responded to an incident involving a young 11 years old girl, who had sustained a serious knee injury, after stumbling on the slopes of Rivington Pike. The young girl, Chloe Southworth, who had been enjoying... by admin | Jun 19, 2014 | Safety Cover
This evening twenty two Team Call Out list members and one Team Probationary member in all four of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances along with team members Steve Nelson and Elaine Gilliland’s vehicle, provided standby rescue cover for the annual Aggies... by admin | Jun 19, 2014 | General news
Each Statutory 999 service we work in association with has an appointed ‘Mountain Rescue Liaison Officer,’ and for a great many recent years this role within Lancashire Constabulary has been performed by Inspector Neil Sherry of the Civil Contingencies Section. Neil’s... by admin | Jun 18, 2014 | General news
Not previously reported on our website, was a letter received on Saturday 7th June 2014 by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE from our friends at Darwen Rotary Club, following our provision of standby rescue cover for their Tower Trudge Sponsored Walk on Sunday 1st June... by admin | Jun 18, 2014 | General news
On Friday evening, 6th June 2014, we attended a serious mountain bike incident at Clifton Country Park, Swinton, involving a injured 50 years old male rider (See website ‘News’ report) Not previously published within our website are the following kind comments...