by admin | Dec 14, 2012 | 2012, Incident
During the early hours of this morning, emergency services saw themselves stretched in West Yorkshire due to weather related incidents. This culminated in Yorkshire Ambulance Service declaring a ‘major incident,’ and directly due to the high volume of calls upon their... by admin | Dec 2, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 15.42hrs this damp and cold afternoon, we were called out by NWAS (Manchester) to assist an Emergency Ambulance crew trying to access a young male casualty with a dislocated knee on school grounds in Great Lever. (St Simon and St Judes Primary School, Newport Road,... 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 | Oct 3, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At the conclusion of incident 59/2011, our Team Leader was asked directly by NWAS Manchester Ambulance Control if the team had any available resources to assist NWAS with a high number of emergency calls. Both Team Land Rover MR Ambulances returning from incident... by admin | Jul 30, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At circa 17.11hrs this evening, NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Control Centre, received a 999 call from two hill walkers on Winter Hill, one of whom had suffered a very painful lower back / hip injury after stumbling over a moorland grass tussock. Mobile phone reception...