by admin | Jan 29, 2013 | General news
It is once more opportune to thank our colleagues at Bowland Pennine MRT for granting us access to freely use their ‘Radio Repeater’ system. This vast enhancement to our radio system coverage, when used appropriately, has once again benefitted the... by admin | Jan 29, 2013 | General news
Our brand new Incident Control Vehicle is now on the ‘Production Line’ at Coleman Milne, Westhoughton, the specialist coach building company we have engaged to build this vehicle for us. (They produced a similar vehicle for our colleagues at Bowland... by admin | Jan 29, 2013 | General news
Our late October 2012, membership recruitment drive resulted in the team taking on board ten ‘Probationary Members’ who are now nearing the end of their probationary membership period (Close but not quite at the end yet!) They have collectively shown to... by admin | Jan 27, 2013 | General news
This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following interesting email from Volunteer Dane Smith of the British Red Cross, in regards to our Incident 23 of Friday 25th January 2013, the very kind comments of which are self explanatory; “Dear... by admin | Jan 26, 2013 | General news
This evening our Team President Bob Hutchinson (A former Bolton MRT Team Leader) in the company of his wife Janet, attended at the very kind invitation of the Bolton and District Butchers Guardian and Benevolent Association, their Annual Dinner evening. Held at... by admin | Jan 26, 2013 | 2013, Incident
In still full and very wintry conditions despite the onset of heavy rain and thawing temperatures, we were paged at 18.29hrs to assist Lancashire Constabulary in locating and evacuating two male adults, five children and two dogs, stuck in their two 4×4 vehicles... by admin | Jan 26, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 12.42hrs we were contacted by NWAS (Lancashire) EOC to assist at an incident in the moorland village of Edgworth, where a bariatric female casualty had collapsed in her house, which was in an area completely snow bound, following a fall of some eight inches plus of... by admin | Jan 26, 2013 | General news
In a direct continuation from the previous evening, the team up to the early hours of this morning were deployed by NWAS (Manchester) EOC to a further eight snow related separate incidents. Incident locations included the Heaton, Halliwell, Horwich, Markland Hill, and... by admin | Jan 25, 2013 | 2013, Incident
Just after 17.00hrs early this wintry evening the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Operations Centre, regarding the increasingly snowy conditions prevailing in Greater Manchester, and the probable need at some point during the evening for the teams... by admin | Jan 25, 2013 | Donations, General news
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt of a kind £25.00 donation via the Charities Aid Foundation, from Golden Charter Limited, of Glasgow, Scotland. All the team membership expresses its gratitude for this kind support.