by admin | Feb 9, 2012 | General news
At 10:50 this morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Manchester) requesting the team be put on standby due to the likelihood of freezing rain and icy conditions underfoot which was already affecting Cumbria and Lancashire,... by admin | Feb 8, 2012 | General news
This evening full team callout members Gillian Leigh and Dave Marsh travelled to Rivington Church Hall to present a lecture to the Heath Charnock Women’s Institute. Below is Gillian Leigh’s account of the evening visit ; On an icy and dark night on... by admin | Feb 8, 2012 | Donations, General news
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt of a fantastic donation of £100.00 from our much appreciated, very valued and incredibly supportive friends at Bolton H.F. Walking Club / H.F. Bolton Group. Christina Wallwork, their Treasurer explained in a... by admin | Feb 8, 2012 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce today the grateful receipt via the Charities Aid Foundation, of a very kind £47.49p donation from Mr Philip Stephenson of Worsley Road, Manchester. by admin | Feb 5, 2012 | 2012, Incident
Two local male youths from the Horwich area, became lost this afternoon on the misty still partially snow covered moorland of Rivington Moor, prompting a large scale Police and Mountain Rescue response today. The two fourteen year olds, on a moorland walk between... by admin | Feb 5, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 12.54hrs with three team vehicles and six members already at Incident 16 (See previous Incident Report) we were called by NWAS (Manchester) to assist an NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Ambulance crew with an injured snow sledger on the shallow valley side of... by admin | Feb 5, 2012 | 2012, Incident
With six team members at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ and NWAS (Manchester) aware of this, (Given the wintry and very snowy ground conditions prevailing) at 12.17hrs we were called out to assist two NWAS Rapid Response Vehicle crews at an incident adjacent to... by admin | Feb 4, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 14:12hrs this wintry and increasingly snowy afternoon the team was paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) Control followed two minutes later by NWAS (Lancashire) Control, requesting the team go to ‘crewed vehicle standby’ to assist with any incidents occurring... by admin | Feb 4, 2012 | Donations, General news
Today we have received two kind donations in the memory of the late Mrs Kathleen Mary Dennerley, who sadly passed away on Saturday 19th December 2011. The team wishes to express its thanks for these thoughtful and kind donations which total £66.50p The... by admin | Feb 4, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 01.38hrs this morning we were called out by Lancashire Constabulary in regards to the developing search for a missing 41 year old Darwen woman, in circumstances giving Police concern for her welfare. Twenty four team members joined Lancashire Constabulary Officers...