by admin | Dec 1, 2012 | 2012, Incident
Today the team was honoured to have been invited to attend and provide standby rescue cover and first aid provision for the English Schools’ Athletic Association 32nd Cross Country Cup Final, held at Canon Slade C of E School, Bolton. (A full report on our involvement... by admin | Dec 1, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 12.22hrs early this icy cold afternoon, the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) ECC to respond to the Moses Gate Country Park, Farnworth, with the reports of a woman having slipped on ice. The call was answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who was able to... by admin | Dec 1, 2012 | General news
Today the team was honoured to have been invited to attend and provide standby rescue cover and first aid provision for the English Schools’ Athletic Association 32nd Cross Country Cup Final, held at Canon Slade C of E School, Bolton. This prestigious event... by admin | Dec 1, 2012 | General news
Today one of our team members Diane Blakeley, was doing her weekly shop in the Harwood, Bolton, branch of Morrisons. Collecting at the entrance were members of our valued friends and supporters at the Rotary Club of Turton, in front of a display stating the charities... by admin | Nov 30, 2012 | General news
With the recent re-equipment within the team of our hand held search lighting equipment, we recently decided to donate our now surplus, ‘older generation’ powerful search lights to our colleagues at Norfolk Lowland Search and Rescue Team. This is part of a... by admin | Nov 30, 2012 | General news
This morning, experienced team call out list member Gyles Denn, met with the members of Red Watch, GMFRS Horwich Fire Station, at Wilton 1 Quarry to the north of Bolton, to discuss the content of a joint exercise between Red Watch GMFRS Horwich Fire Station and the... by admin | Nov 30, 2012 | General news
This morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE in the company of Team Trainee member Nigel Booth (In full time, a GMFRS Watch Commander at Bolton North Fire Station) journeyed to Beacon Fell Country Park for the third meeting of the Lancashire Fire Operations Group.... by admin | Nov 29, 2012 | General news
This afternoon our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE attended the Greater Manchester Area Chain of Survival Partnership Group Meeting, facilitated and organised by NWAS NHS Trust, at NWAS Ladybridge Hall Headquarters, Bolton. Essentially the group consists of those with an... by admin | Nov 28, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 18.30hrs this evening, our Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, (Of SARDA Wales) received his second call out of the day upon his unique services, to deploy with his Trailing Search Dog Boris, to assist Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team, in a search for a... by admin | Nov 28, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 12.26hrs this cold and clear blue sky early afternoon, we were paged by the NWAS (Lancashire Area) Emergency Control Room ‘Airdesk,’ regarding an incident on Winter Hill. Answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, the airdesk despatcher informed Garry that they...