by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 15:25 this afternoon, NWAS (Lancashire Area) contacted our Team Leader by mobile phone to request the team’s services with the report of a 17 year old female suffering from heat exhaustion and stomach pains in the Earnsdale Reservoir area below the moorland slopes... by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 12:19 the team was paged to attend an off-road motorcycle incident at an organised motocross event in the Morleys Lane area of Astley Green, Wigan. With the report of the cyclist having suffered a serious leg injury, our Team Leader and Landrover ambulance BM3... by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | 2008, Incident
Coincidental to a call to NWAS (Lancashire Area) being made by our Team Leader, he was informed of an incident at Wayoh Reservoir to which an emergency ambulance had been despatched and Helimed was also en-route. In conversation with our Team Leader it was felt... by admin | Jun 7, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 12:46 today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes received a phonecall from team member Steve Fletcher regarding a moorland incident that required the team’s services. Steve, along with fellow senior team member Mike Marsh and three other persons were all walking the... by admin | Jun 6, 2008 | 2008, Incident
This evening at 17:10 we received a pager call from NWAS (Manchester Area) regarding the report of a youth who had fallen into a moorland stream on the edge of Smithills Moor, in the vicinity Gilligant’s Farm, Coal Pit Road, Smithills. The initial information was that... by admin | Jun 5, 2008 | 2008, Incident
This evening, 27 team members provided standby rescue cover for this year’s Hendersons End Fell Race. Most of the event, which attracted a senior field of 95 runners passed totally without incident when at 20:45 we received a report that a female fell runner had gone...