by admin | Aug 6, 2011 | General news
Today’s Community Safety Day / 999 Emergency Services Day held in Darwen Town Centre started with a downpour that continued throughout the morning. Fortunately, as the clock struck twelve the skies started to brighten and the residents and visitors to... by admin | Aug 6, 2011 | Donations, General news
Whilst present at today’s Community Safety Day / 999 Emergency Services Day, in Darwen Town Centre, Lancashire, (See below report) the team were delighted to accept the fantastic donation of £250.00 from NWAS (Lancashire) Darwen Ambulance Station Social... by admin | Aug 5, 2011 | 2011, Incident
Whilst the Police, Ambulance and Mountain Rescue were present on scene with the previous incident, a family living opposite the point where all the emergency Vehicles were located, requested help at circa 21.19hrs, regards their 3 years old daughter who had fallen at... by admin | Aug 5, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 20.50hrs NWAS (Manchester) Belle Vue Control contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE directly requesting the teams assistance to help locate a casualty reported injured on a disused railway line in the Tyldesley area. A passing dog walker had reported an... by admin | Aug 3, 2011 | 2011, Incident
With a small number of team members already at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ preparing for this evenings routine weekly training session, at 18.47hrs we were paged by NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Control Centre for our assistance regards a male in distress on Winter... by admin | Aug 3, 2011 | General news
Our July 2011 collection box income total is an excellent £184.08p (Compared to £306.67 in 2010), with our Year to Date collection box income total standing at a fantastic £2,354.31p (compared to £2,138.84p in 2010) We currently have 136x... by admin | Aug 2, 2011 | General news
Today we were invited to explain a little about our work as a Mountain Rescue Team at the Kings Club. The Kings Club is a week of activities for primary aged children organised and staffed by the parishioners of Christ Church, Harwood who give up their time to provide... by admin | Aug 2, 2011 | 2011, Incident
With one team vehicle already en-route, and other members about to depart our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for the visit to the Kings Club, (See above article also dated today) our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, was directly contacted at 12.05hrs by a Greater Manchester... by admin | Aug 1, 2011 | General news
Organised jointly by community members and GMP PCSO Matthew Turner, this afternoon community event was held today held in Tiger Moth Square, Irlam. The event principally aimed at the youth (of all ages) in the area, was supported by City West Housing, with ourselves... by admin | Aug 1, 2011 | General news
From an initial idea by GMFRS Stretford Fire Station Commander Ben Levy, which has just grown and grown over the last few weeks, the reality of a Greater Manchester Emergency Services Open Day at the major shopping complex of the Trafford Centre, Manchester, has now...