by admin | Feb 5, 2016 | Donations
Today our Team Secretary and Support Group member Gillian Gregory is pleased to announce the following; “We are pleased to announce an encouraging start for the year for income from our collecting boxes amounting to £233.70 for the month of January 2016. This compares... by admin | Feb 5, 2016 | General news
From our friends at Cheshire Search and Rescue Team, who had just completed five consecutive days on a large scale missing person search in Nantwich, has come the following sad news, which they have announced on their Facebook pages as of Wednesday 3rd February 2016;... by admin | Feb 4, 2016 | 2016, Incident
This morning, our DVSD Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh, alongside his Search Dog Sasha were involved in an operational search incident on behalf and at the request of Greater Manchester Police. Amongst those present was an Officer from the North West Police Underwater... by admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Training
Setting off from the high moorland car park of Hordern Stoops this evening, fourteen team operational members took part in a navigation exercise in small groups, organised by our Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh, upon the slopes and summit area of a very cold, wet... 
by admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Training
This evening saw the third of our four operational membership recruitment intake 2016 sessions taking place, since we opened for recruitment late last year. From 32 persons who had completed an initial on line application form, twenty four had confirmed they would be... by admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Training
This evening at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, whilst their colleagues had departed for their weekly training exercise, Equipment Officer – Water David Cook, gave our DVSD Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh an overview of our specialist Raymarine Dragonfly Sonar-... by admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Training
This evening, prior to the commencement of our weekly evening training session, our Equipment Officer – Ropes and Stretchers Nigel Booth gave further instruction to team member Nick Berry and our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, in regards to anchor point rope set... by admin | Feb 3, 2016 | General news
Today in advance of a press release by the Edgworth Real Ale Festival committee, our Team Leader was contacted by Nick Barlow of the Edgworth Real Ale Festival, to inform Garry that once again the incredibly supportive members of the Edgworth Real Ale Festival 2016... by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | General news, Training
This afternoon at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, Equipment Officer – Ropes and Stretchers Nigel Booth has been providing yet another of his rope work one to one (and sometimes more) training sessions, this time with team member Neil Haigh, looking at anchor points and... by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 16.04hrs this afternoon, a GMP Missing Person Search Manager contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE regards the assistance of the teams Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog, in regards to a missing 73 year old man, in the Hindley area of Wigan. The man had been...