by admin | Feb 14, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Whilst in the later stages of providing standby Rescue cover for the annual Winter Hill Fell Race (See separate news item), at 13.25hrs team member Michael O’Brien at Lower House Car Park, Rivington, was approached by a member of the public reporting her brother in...
by admin | Jan 5, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At circa 19:45 this evening, with a small number of team members remaining at our Ladybridge Hall base after the day’s numerous incidents, team member Mike Marsh was contacted by former team member Jonathan Holt of Tyldesley, advising us of an incident near to his...
by admin | Jan 1, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Whilst out on Incident 4/2010, NWAS (Manchester) paged the Team for assistance with a young person who had fallen on the slopes of Rivington Pike. 4 Team members (who had just completed a search area) were immediately dispatched from the search control RVP at Lever...
by admin | Oct 12, 2009 | 2009, Incident
This evening at 20.46hrs the team was paged by Lancashire Constabulary Force Control Room, regards a developing search in the Sunnyhurst Woods area of Darwen for a man reported to have fallen down a steep wooded slope. With regards to the known circumstances of this...
by admin | Aug 23, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 11:42 this morning, whilst the team was still at Moses Gate packing up from the previous incident, we received a call from NWAS (Lancashire) to an incident in the Winter Hill area. Our Deputy Leader Geoff Seddon contacted NWAS Lancashire control to ascertain more...