by admin | Aug 23, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 10:40 this morning we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) regarding an incident in the Moses Gate Country Park area of Farnworth, Bolton. NWAS (Manchester) Control had received a 999 call regarding an injured mountain biker with a serious leg fracture. After a futher...
by admin | Aug 18, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At circa 21.30hrs this evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted direct by NWAS (Manchester) Control regards the teams assistance at an incident involving two casualties in the Hall i’ th’ Wood area of Bolton, with the initial report of a youth fallen...
by admin | Feb 8, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 19.29hrs this evening during a period of snowfall throughout the Greater Manchester area, we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) regards going to standby in case the road conditions worsened causing problems for their Ambulances progressing to incidents. In...
by admin | Feb 2, 2009 | 2009, Incident
With wintry conditions persisting into the early evening, and with more snow showers forecast for later into the evening, at 18:30 this evening the team placed its 4 Landrover Mountain Rescue Ambulances on standby at our Ladybridge Hall base to be available in case of...
by admin | Dec 31, 2008 | 2008, Incident
As part of NWAS (GMA) pre arranged plan to cope with peak demand calls on this festive season night, the Team was mobilised to directly assist NWAS (GMA) with ambulance calls throughout the evening, alongside our colleagues in the British Red Cross. 3 Team members...