by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
With some team members still at our Base HQ location checking kit, and cleaning vehicles after all the previous incidents, at 16:58 hours our Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Greater Manchester) to respond to a sledging accident in deep snow on the moorland slopes... by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Our team vehicle involved in the previous incident whilst travelling back to our base on the M61 motorway southbound chanced upon a motorway RTC, at which no other emergency services were present at the time. They stopped to assist, with police arriving shortly... by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Whilst travelling back from the previous incident our BM2 vehicle stopped briefly at Blackburn services on the M65 motorway. Upon leaving, whilst still in the services (in the petrol station area) our BM2 crew noticed a commercial vehicle with a wheel fire. Our team... by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At 12:25 hours today our Team Leader was directly contacted by NWAS (Lancashire) to attend a residential address on a steeply sloping housing estate in Darwen, where a 70 year old woman required stretcher evacuation from her property to a waiting NWAS (Lancashire)... by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
With Lancashire Constabulary aware that the team was on Base HQ standby, we were contacted at circa 01:50 hours in the morning, during continuing heavy snowfall, by Silver Command Lancashire Constabulary requesting the team to assist with checking (and the potential... by admin | Dec 18, 2010 | 2010, Incident
On Friday evening at 21:35 hours the team was paged by NWAS (Lancashire) and then at 21:44 by NWAS (Manchester) regarding assistance to the ambulance service given the very heavy regional snow falls. A full team pager callout was made at 21:40 hours resulting in 24...