by admin | Jun 16, 2011 | 2011, Incident
The team was on hand to provide stand by rescue cover for the annual Two Lads Fell Race, with thirty team members involved and 211x competitors, when at 20.03hrs news was received that a competitor had fallen on the outward stage of the race in the Wilderswood area,... by admin | May 26, 2011 | 2011, Incident
This evening the team was paged at 19.45hrs by NWAS (Lancashire) regards an accident on the moors involving a 51 year old female horse rider who had fallen from her mount, sustaining injuries. Shortly afterwards a full team pager call out message alerted the entire... by admin | May 8, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 15.20hrs this afternoon, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Manchester) Control for the teams assistance with an incident in the Porter’s Wood area of Gathurst / Kitt Green, Wigan, with the report of an injured male in woodland down a... by admin | May 7, 2011 | 2011, Incident
Whilst on standby rescue cover for the Belmont Winter Hill Fell Races this year, at 13:30, during the “senior” race, a report of a competitor with an ankle injury at Noon Hill, Rivington Moor, was received from our check point personal at that location.... by admin | May 5, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 05:00 this morning, the team continued with its joint incident response with Bowland Pennine MRT assisting Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service regarding the large scale moorland fire in the North-Western part of the West Pennine Moors, largely comprising... by admin | May 4, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 03:28 this morning, the team was paged by Lancashire Constabulary on behalf of Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service regarding assistance at the continuing large scale moorland fire in the North-Western part of the West Pennine Moors, largely comprising Anglezarke...