10. Tuesday 12th
March. RTC. 13:45 Hrs. Slaidburn, Bowland. A Team member, returning
from an exercise with Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England in Gisburn Forest,
assisted the crew of the North West Air Ambulance at a Road Traffic Collision
near Slaidburn involving a 24-year-old male. Team member helped with the
treatment of the Casualty and packaged onto the aircraft. This allowed a Land
Ambulance to be stood down on route and be deployed elsewhere. (1 Rescue Person
Hour)
S4. Saturday 16th
March. Standby – Water Incident. 15:31Hrs. Calder Valley Area. A
regional request was made by Calder Valley Search & Rescue Team for support in
their area with flooding. Assets declared by Bolton MRT, Rossendale & Pendle
MRT, Holme Valley MRT and ourselves. One Swift Water Rescue Team made available
with two of our vehicles. Teams stood down at 18:36 hrs as not required when we
were informed by Calder Valley SRT that water levels were receding. Thirteen
Team members available. (40 Rescue Person Hours)
9. Tuesday 12th
March. Spot Pick-Up. 20:09 Hrs. White Coppice near Chorley. Team
requested by the North West Ambulance Service to assist with a female fell
runner fallen on the West Pennine Moors above White Coppice. Call initially sent
to Bolton MRT. Incident reported as "one mile up track". However, first Team
members located the casualty only a few hundred meters up the track towards
Great Hill. Casualty treated for lower leg, femur and hip injuries then
evacuated off the hill to the waiting land ambulance and the onward journey to
the Royal Preston Hospital. Twenty-Four Team members involved with support from
three members of Bolton MRT. (81 Rescue Person Hours)
