by admin | Feb 5, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 17.34hrs this evening we were paged by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to mobilise as part of their PDA (Pre Determined Attendance) for structures and vertical line rescue, to the report of two children stuck at the top of a crane in Leigh. With team... by admin | Feb 2, 2009 | 2009, Incident
With wintry conditions persisting into the early evening, and with more snow showers forecast for later into the evening, at 18:30 this evening the team placed its 4 Landrover Mountain Rescue Ambulances on standby at our Ladybridge Hall base to be available in case of... by admin | Feb 2, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 08:38 this morning we were paged by NWAS (Lancashire) to provide standby assistance to the Ambulance Service due to the wintry road conditions prevailing and the forecast of more snow on the way. Balancing a potential requirement to also be available for NWAS... by admin | Feb 1, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 13:35 today, our Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Manchester) with regards to a casualty situated in the Rivington / Anglezarke region, with the casualty reported to be on a reservoir footpath. NWAS (Manchester) reported they were passing the call to NWAS... by admin | Jan 30, 2009 | 2009, Incident
Well Incident 13 of 2009 appropriately happened on a Friday, but thankfully it resulted in a very happy outcome. At 19.00hrs this cold winters evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes was directly contacted by a GMP Missing Person Search Manager regarding the teams... by admin | Jan 18, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 11:55 today our Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Greater Manchester) about an incident in the Beaumont area of Bolton. Three of our Bolton Mountain Rescue ambulances had just arrived at Hordern Stoops area of Winter Hill, where seven full team call-out members...