by admin | Aug 15, 2007 | 2007, Incident
As team members were just getting into the start of one of our routine Wednesday evening search and rescue exercises (the scenario being a fallen climber and missing informant, in the Ousel Nest Quarry area overlooking Jumbles Reservoir), our Team Leader was contacted... by admin | May 13, 2007 | 2007, Incident
At 15:40, our Team Leader was contacted direct by NWAS PEC Control for some help with an incident location in the Wigan area that was for a short time proving difficult to locate (they were using our local area knowledge of local place names). A young boy had fallen... by admin | Nov 26, 2006 | 2006, Incident
Whilst the team was assembling for the all-day GMP search management exercise on the outskirts of the Horwich area, our Team Leader was contacted direct by Ambulance Control at Manchester, requesting the team’s attendance at a nearby road traffic accident. A member of... by admin | Jul 26, 2006 | 2006, Incident
A group of very experienced mountain bikers were enjoying their weekly ride on the moors, when one of their members, a 44 year old man from the Cuddington Heath area of Cheshire, suffered an accident, resulting in him being unmounted from his bike. The incident... by admin | Jun 18, 2006 | 2006, Incident
Whilst providing standby rescue cover on the Horwich Carnival Race event, the team responded to an accident involving a 17 year old female competitor in the women’s road cycling event, who had sustained grazing injuries and possible internal injuries. She was treated...