Incident 50/2017 – Incident in Darwen

Incident 50/2017 – Incident in Darwen

At 19;57 this evening the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service for assistance to lift a male casualty who was trapped in a river culvert in Darwen. The man had suffered a lower leg injury and the ambulance crew were unable to lift the man without...
Incident 50/2017 – Incident in Darwen

Water Incident Managers Course

All this week our Deputy Team Leader, Chris Greenhalgh travelled to Stone, Staffordshire to undertake the Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service Water Incident Managers Course. Chris, who is a firefighter for Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service, successfully...
Incident 50/2017 – Incident in Darwen

CardiacSmart Awards

Two team members, Mark Scott and Diane Blakeley attended the CardiacSmart  awards event today, where we are pleased to announce we won a Gold award. CardiacSmart is part of the North West Ambulance Service who aim to promote basic life support including CPR and the...
Incident 50/2017 – Incident in Darwen

Aggies Staircase Fell Race

This evening the team provided standby rescue cover for the annual Aggies Staircase Fell Race, organised by the Darwen Dashers. 153 runners took part in the race, supported by 22 team members strategically positioned around the course. Thankfully the race passed...
Incident 50/2017 – Incident in Darwen

Visit to Khizra Mosque

This evening, two team members, Sam McKay and Mark Scott travelled to Khizra mosque in Manchester to join in the celebrations of the Ramadan festival food. Both enjoyed the evening, which followed on from the detour to Bacup to assist Rossendale and Pendle MRT with...