by admin | Nov 18, 2015 | Training
Last Saturday 14th November, nine members of the team travelled to the lake district for the Mountain Rescue (England & Wales) (MREW) Medical Seminar in Ambleside, administered by Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team. The course was entirely sponsored by a... by admin | Nov 11, 2015 | Training
Tonights exercise was a partial re-creation of an incident the team attended on 19th January 2012, Incident 10/2012, where a person was injured in the River Roddlesworth within the Roddlesworth/Tockholes Plantation. Organised by Paul Brain, with RVP at the Tockholes... by admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Training
This evening the operational team membership was up on the flanks of Winter Hill taking part in an exercise devised by our Equipment Officer – Water Dave Cook. Meeting at Hordern Stoops car park, the exercise commenced at 20.00hrs and involved the firing of the rocket... by admin | Nov 8, 2015 | Training
Today saw three team members complete another weekend of SARDA training activities. Team members Elaine Gilliland and Steve Nelson, both of SARDA Wales, attended the SARDA Wales monthly training weekend alongside Trailing Search Dog Boris. Whilst present on this... by admin | Oct 28, 2015 | Training
This evenings training was designed to recreate the incident which the team attended on the north slopes of Winter Hill on Sunday 18th October 2015 (Incident 78). The exercise was planned by Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh, Training Officer Alistair Greenough and... by admin | Oct 24, 2015 | Training
Our regular readers will be aware that April 1st 2015 saw the start of the disbandment and wind down of the RAF, Royal Navy / Fleet Air Arm / HMCG existing UK Helicopter Search and Rescue provision, and its total civilianisation under a new long lasting contract,...