by admin | Aug 4, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 17.02hrs this sunny and warm early evening, we were paged by NWAS (Lancashire) EOC Broughton / Air Desk despatcher for our immediate help with the report of an injured male with a leg fracture in the vicinity of the moorland landmark of Rivington Pike. The call was... by admin | Aug 3, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 10.36hrs this morning, the team was paged by Greater Manchester Police to recover the body of a male from within Cox Green Quarry, overlooking Egerton, Bolton. The pager call was answered by our Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh, who obtained further details of... by admin | Jul 28, 2014 | 2014, General news, Incident
Late this warm sunny morning a party of five men were visiting the moorland fringe Pickup Bank Reservoir, Waterside, in the Eccleshill area of Darwen, when one of the group slipped down the very steep dam embankment. The 43 years old male from Colne sustained head,... by admin | Jul 26, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 12.06hrs this very warm (28c) and sunny day, we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) EOC Parkway, regards a mountain biking accident in the vicinity of Rivington Pike. The call was answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, with a fully detailed pager call out being... by admin | Jul 22, 2014 | 2014, General news, Incident
At 17:57 this evening we were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service (Air Desk) with the initial report of two walkers and some sheep apparently stuck in the marshes on the track between Rivington Pike and Winter Hill. As team members began to respond to our... by admin | Jul 22, 2014 | 2014, Incident
Early this afternoon, at 13.30hrs, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, (A member of SARDA Wales) received a SARDA availability request to assist in a search in the Calder Valley MRTs operational area for a missing male in the north Halifax...