by admin | Mar 22, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 22.14hrs this evening, with strong winds and driving snow even at the low levels where our Team Leader lives in Tyldesley, Garry Rhodes MBE our Team Leader, received a direct call from the Force Incident Manager at Lancashire Constabulary. Lancashire Constabulary...
by admin | Jan 26, 2013 | 2013, Incident
In still full and very wintry conditions despite the onset of heavy rain and thawing temperatures, we were paged at 18.29hrs to assist Lancashire Constabulary in locating and evacuating two male adults, five children and two dogs, stuck in their two 4×4 vehicles...
by admin | Jan 21, 2013 | 2013, Incident
With a small number of team members back at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ after the end of Incident 16, and having concluded getting the punctured tyre repaired, all present were preparing to leave for home, when our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly...
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 | Feb 9, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 15:30 this afternoon, during a period of freezing rain affecting many parts of Greater Manchester, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a direct call from NWAS (Manchester) who were very busy with a high emergency call volume. The team was requested to attend...