by admin | Feb 16, 2007 | 2007, Incident
Early evening the team was contacted during a period of very high activity on NWAS (GMA) resulting in a peak demand situation. The team was able to place 1 crewed vehicle with a base controller at the disposal of NWAS. Thankfully the peak demand situation began to... by admin | Feb 11, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At 14:48 the team was contacted by GMP Force Control to render assistance with a search operation being escalated in connection with a missing 47 year old man, centred on the Bull Hill/Moses Gate area of Farnworth & South Bolton. A full team standby pager call at... by admin | Feb 10, 2007 | 2007, Incident
By 01:00 this morning all four Landrovers had returned to our LBH base with road conditions in the Bolton area still icy at all levels but with thawing conditions setting in (it was still artic on the local moorlands!). As we were locking up the base at 01:08, NWAS... by admin | Feb 10, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At the conclusion of the previous incident, our BM2 and BM3 vehicles were immediately despatched to give assistance an NWAS (GMA) Rapid Response Vehicle which following an emergency call in the Markland Hill area of Bolton was now stuck on icy roads and the towing and... by admin | Jan 29, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At 12:56 early this afternoon NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) paged the team, requesting assistance in a Peak Demand situation with emergency calls exceeding their available resources. (Our colleagues in Oldham MRT were also contacted) One Team vehicle with a two man...