by admin | Jan 17, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 14.42hrs this snowy afternoon, whilst still present at Incident 16 at Rivington, we were paged by NWAS (Cumbria and Lancashire) Broughton EOC, to respond to assist with a snow sledging accident in fields near to Stand Lane, Whitefield, within Greater Manchester.... by admin | Jan 17, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 14.12hrs this snowy Sunday we were paged by NWAS (Cumbria and Lancashire) Broughton EOC, to respond to assist with a snow sledging accident at Rivington, involving a thirty year old woman. Due to the existing snowy conditions, team members were present at our... by admin | Jan 22, 2015 | 2014, Incident
At 12.05hrs this chilly afternoon, with a large amount of snow lying on the local moors, including still freezing conditions, we were paged by NWAS EOC Broughton, regards a twelve year old boy “fallen from sledge – leg injury,” on a track near Rivington Hall. A... by admin | Jan 21, 2013 | 2013, Incident
Following the period of standby for NWAS reported below, two team Land Rover vehicles then travelled in to the teams moorland area checking on road conditions, given the recent snowfall of the morning. Whilst nearing Rivington Village at circa 15.40hrs, our BM1... by admin | Jan 19, 2013 | 2013, Incident
During the previous sledging incident at Eagley Brook, the team was contacted at 13:32 by the NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Operations Centre at Broughton, and we were asked to attend another sledging incident, this time near to Rivington. The North West Air Ambulance...