by admin | Nov 27, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At the conclusion of this afternoon’s David Staff Memorial Fell Race in Darwen (see news article), and as team vehicles were preparing to return to base, at 12:38 today team Training Officer Elaine Gilliland (who was stationed at the fell race Start/Finish point at... by admin | Oct 1, 2011 | 2011, Incident
With a small number of team members already at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ at the conclusion of the mornings and early afternoon standby rescue cover for the Salomon Rivington Trail Half Marathon event, we received a pager call out from NWAS (Lancashire) at... by admin | Sep 2, 2011 | 2011, Incident
This afternoon the team was paged at 13:55 hrs by NWAS (Greater Manchester) regards an accident in the Daubhill area of Bolton, involving a 83 year old male walker who had fallen in fields close to his house sustaining a serious leg injury. At 14:00 hrs a full team... 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 | 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...