by admin | May 16, 2013 | Donations, General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received on behalf of the team, a very kind donation of £50.00 from Blackburn Rambling Association. The donation, sent from Julie Popham, Chairperson of Blackburn Rambling Association, was accompanied by a note stating;... by admin | May 15, 2013 | General news
On Wednesday 13th March 2013, we reported within our website on twenty two team members taking part in the written examination for their MREW Mountain Rescue Casualty Care Course, the culmination of many months of training and study, held within the teams training... by admin | May 15, 2013 | 2013, Incident
This evening our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, was contacted by SARDA (Wales) for his specialist search assistance, in regards to a search for a missing person in the Colwyn Bay area of North Wales. At the same time he was also contacted by... by admin | May 15, 2013 | General news
Today we had a message posted on the teams Facebook page from Yvonne Nelson, the casualty involved in incident 61/2013 on Sunday 12th May 2013. The message states: Thanks guys for coming to my rescue – twist fracture of left tib and fib. Gonna be a long haul... by admin | May 14, 2013 | Donations, General news
On the very wintry evening of Saturday 23rd March 2013, we were called to Foxholes Road, Horwich, to assist an NWAS crew transport an elderly man from his house to an Emergency Ambulance, which due to deep snow and very icy road conditions could not access the mans... by admin | May 14, 2013 | Donations, General news
We are pleased to announce today the receipt of a very kind and thoughtful anonymous £110.00 donation, from a valued team supporter, via the Charities Aid Foundation. This donation has been made with the specific instruction that the inclusive amount of... by admin | May 12, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 12:53 this wet and rainy afternoon we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) EOC Parkway with the report of an injured mountain biker in the Rivington area. The call was immediately answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE who collected additional information.... by admin | May 12, 2013 | General news
Today, starting at noon, the team provided full standby rescue cover for the fell run section of the Darwen Leisure Centre Aquathon. This event organised by Blackburn with Darwen Council, had as its fell run section a route from the Sunnyhurst Inn up onto Darwen Moor... by admin | May 12, 2013 | 2013, Incident
Whilst present on the SARDA (Wales) Training weekend, and in the early hours of this morning, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Dog Handler, Bolton MRT member Steve Nelson, and his Trailing Search Dog Boris were called out to assist North Wales Police in the search for a... by admin | May 11, 2013 | General news
Today the team provided full standby rescue cover for the ever popular annual Belmont Fell Races, all of which take place on and around Winter Hill, Belmont. Commencing at 12.30hrs, 17x young fell runners took part in the mass start for the Under 12’s, Under...