by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Whilst providing Standby Rescue Cover for the Long Distance Walkers Association ‘Anglezarke Amble,’ event we were contacted by the organisers at 09.52hrs advising of a possible incident involving one of the competitors. Initial information passed on seemed to... by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | Safety Cover
Up to re-establishing its association with this event in 2013, the team had not been associated with the annual and very long running, well established Anglezarke Amble event, excellently organised by West Lancashire Long Distance Walkers Association, for some years... by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | Training
Over the weekend of Saturday / Sunday 16th / 17th January 2016, we reported on nine team members undertaking the first weekend of a two weekend long certified Water SRT course. Very early this morning, the same nine team members, departed for North Wales to commence... by admin | Feb 12, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 17.55hrs this evening the team was paged by Greater Manchester Police, regarding an urgent search requirement for an 86 year old man from Farnworth, who had been reported missing by family members, after he had gone out to walk his dog and his car had subsequently... by admin | Feb 12, 2016 | General news
Team member Elaine Gilliland in her newly appointed role as Mountain Rescue England and Wales Assistant Secretary, attended a meeting today of the Executive Committee of our national body MREW. by admin | Feb 11, 2016 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
Tonight we were visited at our Ladybbridge Hall Base / HQ by the 1471 (Horwich) Squadron Air Cadets. Seventeen members of the squadron attended along with their instructors Warrant Officer Rob Mansfield and Paul Carroll. The Squadron were met by full call out team... by admin | Feb 10, 2016 | Training
This evening, the teams weekly Wednesday training took part at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, and focused on Casualty Primary Survey, commencing at 20.10hrs. The session was necessarily thorough, with excellent instruction provided by experienced team members Mark... by admin | Feb 10, 2016 | Training
Today our Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh attended a full day course in Tactical Emergency Management at the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Force Headquarters in Manchester. Alongside Chris on this course were GMP officers along with various representatives from... by admin | Feb 9, 2016 | General news
Last Thursday evening, Steve Nelson, along with his trailing search dog, Boris, appeared on the BBC2 Programme “Cats v Dogs: Which is Best?” In the programme Chris Packham walked around Manchester laying a scent trail for Boris to follow in order to... by admin | Feb 9, 2016 | General news
Late this morning our colleagues at Rossendale and Pendle MRT were contacted by GMP to assist with a search for a missing male in the Rochdale area, resulting in a full team call out and a call to their neighbours at Calder Valley SRT to go to standby in case their...