Spot Pick Up – Parlick-Incident 006/2025 Sunday 12th January 2025 at 14.44 hrs, the rescue team were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service who had fallen on ice while walking on Parlick in the Trough of Bowland. As Team members were responding our Incident Controller phoned the casualties wife and it was determined that he had potentially broken […]
Search – Tarnbrook-Incident 005/2025 The Team were requested by Lancashire Police to assist with a male reported as stuck in snow in the Tarnbrook area at 3.50 hrs on Saturday 11th January 2025. With fading light, the rescue Team deployed into the area, the location of the person stuck in snow was unknown, but it was possibly […]
Spot Pick Up – Chipping-Incident 004/2025 Early Saturday morning at 00.20 hrs on the 11th January 2025, the rescue Team were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service to assist one of their crews who couldn’t get to a house to attend too an 82-year-old female due to the snow and ice weather conditions. The casualty had fallen down […]
Spot Pick Up – Beacon Country Park-Incident 003/2025 On Thursday 9th January 2025, the rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service to attend and assist at Beacon Country Park, Skelmersdale for a 15-year-old boy who had been injured by sledging head first into a tree. However, on arrival at scene, along with the RRV Paramedic the casualty could […]
Spot Pick Up – Broom Brow Wood-Incident 002/2025 On Sunday evening 5th January 2025 at 18.19 hrs the North West Ambulance Service requested our services for the second time on this cold wintery day. An 82-year-old male was reported as being stuck in woods for over 4 hours, sustaining an arm injury after slipping on the icy ground. Team members were […]
Spot Pick Up – Chorley-Incident 001/2025 On Sunday 5th January 2025, at 11.53 hrs we were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service to assist with a 53-year-old male who had fallen on the canal tow path near Great Knowley, Chorley. The walker, was unable to stand and had a suspected broken right ankle. Once on scene, Team members […]
Spot Pick Up – Dunsop Fell-Incident 054/2024 The 2nd callout of the day for the rescue Team when Lancashire Police requested the team to locate 2 lost walkers who were reported to be on Dunsop Fell, in the Trough of Bowland. 2 walkers, (1 male/1 female) were lost on Dunsop Fell, with a report of no torch to aid route […]
Spot Pick Up – Brinscall-Incident 053/2024 The rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service at 14.34hrs on Monday 30th December 2024 to assist with a walker who had fallen in the Brinscall area. The 37 year-old male had a potential broken ankle and Paramedics on scene had requested our expertise for the extrication, however as we […]
Spot Pick Up – Quernmore-Incident 052/2024 The rescue Team were called by the North West Ambulance Service at 13.20hrs on Saturday 21st December 2024 for an 80-year-old who had fallen from his horse and had hit a wall. Teams members living close by were quickly on scene and assessed the situation and he was breathing and alert. Considering the […]
Search – Abbeystead-Incident 051/2024 The rescue Team were contacted by Lancashire Police at 19.30hrs on Saturday 14th December 2024 to investigate a report of missing persons in the Abbeystead estate around Tower Lodge area, with a report of a SOS activation from a phone. The weather was reported as bleak, cold and wet with fog […]
Spot Pick Up – Gisburn Forest-Incident 050/2024 On Sunday 1st December 2024 the North West Ambulance Service requested the rescue Team to attend a mountain biker who had fallen on the Leap of Faith route in Gisburn Forest. Along with Paramedics from the Air Ambulance the casualty was assessed and it was determined he had a fractured upper leg […]
Spot Pick Up – Penwortham-Incident 049/2024 The rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service at 15.10 hrs on Saturday 30th November 2024 to attend a situation in Penwortham where a 15-year-old male had fallen off a rope swing in the middle of Middleforth Green with a potential broken leg. On arrival, Paramedics were already […]
Spot Pick Up – Coppull-Incident 048/2024 At 16.08 hrs on Monday 25th November 2024 the rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service to attend an incident in Coppull where a 17-year-old male had self-harmed. The rescue Team on attending the scene assessed the young male, treated as necessary and then handed over the casualty to local […]
Spot Pick Up – Healy Nab-Incident 047/2024 Saturday 21st November 2024 at 15.20 hrs, the rescue Team were requested to assist the North West Ambulance Service with a 14-year-old male, who had fallen from his mountain bike at Healey Nab. Initial injuries was reported as possible back injury. Once the rescue Team was able to access and locate the young […]
Snow & Ice – Longridge-Incident 046/2024 The Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service at 17.47 hrs on Thursday 21st November 2024 to help out with vehicles that appeared stuck attempting to drive up a hill due to ice and snow, there were reports that multiple vehicles were unable to move in any direction near Longridge. The […]
Search – Quernmore-Incident 045/2024 On Tuesday 12th November 2024 at 18.35 hrs the rescue team received a request from Lancashire Police to assist with a search for missing 8-year-old boy in the Quernmore area. Thankfully, as Team members were arriving at Jubilee Tower to start the search in the cold and darkness, the good news was given […]
Search – Rivington Reservoir-Incident 044/2024 On Tuesday 12th November 2024, one of our Team members who works at the Anderton Centre near Chorley, assisted our neighbours Bolton Mountain Rescue in a search for a person reported as stuck in mud at Lower Rivington Reservoir where shouts for help were heard. Our Team member, a powerboat instructor, transported and […]
Local Incident – Slaidburn-Incident 043/2024 While attending the Slaidburn Remembrance event on Sunday 10th November 2024, one of organisers approached Team members and asked if they could help a lady who had been taken ill. The lady, aged 86 had taken a funny turn and had fallen over. She was lying on the floor in the road when Team […]
Spot Pick Up – Clayton Green-Incident 042/2024 On Saturday 9th November 2024 at 15.29 hrs our rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service all to assist with a 38-year-old female who had fallen down a steep slope with a reported penetrating injury to chest. Paramedics were on scene when team members arrived but between everyone the casualty […]
Rescue – Burnslack Fell-Incident 041/2024 The rescue Team were contacted by Lancashire Police at 14.19 hrs on Sunday 3rd November 2024 as there was a 47 year-old male who was in distress on Burnslack Fell, in the Trough of Bowland. The male, who had activated his emergency alert beacon was waist deep in a peat bog and was […]
Head and Cheek Injury – 3 Peaks Cyclo Cross-Incident 040/2024 The 2nd and final reportable incident during our annual fell race cover for the 3 Peaks Cyclo Cross in Yorkshire on the 29th September 2024. A rider presented himself to our rescue Team at the Ribblehead Viaduct again with a potential head and cheek injury. The rider reported that he had fallen from […]
Cut to Chin – 3 Peaks Cyclo Cross-Incident 039/2024 During our annual fell race cover for the 3 Peaks Cyclo Cross in Yorkshire on the 29th September 2024, one of the riders presented himself to our rescue Team at the Ribblehead Viaduct with a cut to the chin. There was also a report of the rider being unconscious (self-declared that he may […]
Search – Great Ecclestone-Incident 038/2024 On 24th September 2024 at 20.20 hrs, the rescue Team were contacted by Lancashire Police to assist with an ongoing search for a high risk 73-year-old male who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The missing person had been missing since 11.00 hrs earlier in the day, but was reported as absent around […]
Spot Pick Up – Warton Crag-Incident 037/2024 The rescue Team were requested by Lancashire Police to assist with a male who was having a medical incident on Monday 16th September 2024 on Warton Crag. The Team were called at 16.30 pm to assist the Air Ambulance and Ambulance crews in the remote part of the quarry. Sadly the male was […]
Spot Pick Up – Rivington-Incident 036/2024 On Wednesday evening, at 20.15hrs on the 4th September our rescue Team was requested by our neighbours Bolton MRT to assist with an incident in the Anglezark area. As we were exercising close by, 4 Team members deployed in a Team vehicle to assist with a female who had fallen from her horse. […]
Spot Pick Up – Horden Stoops-Incident 035/2024 Our rescue Team were alerted by our neighbours Bolton MRT that a mountain biker had fallen and had injured himself in the area of Horden Stoops, West Pennine Moors. A joint operation between Bolton and Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Teams attended the scene were the Air Ambulance was also in attendance. After a […]
Spot Pick Up – Gisburn Forest-Incident 034/2024 The rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service at 1pm on the 30th August 2024 to attend Gisburn Forest for a 22-year-old male who had fallen and injured his collar bone whilst out riding his mountain bike. Our rescue Team responded, however as we approached the forest we received the […]
Spot Pick Up – Inskip-Incident 033/2024 The North West Ambulance Service requested the rescue Team to assist with a female who had tripped in a local field walking her dog which caused an injury to her right ankle. The 40-year-old female casualty, had been walking in the open area along with her friends when the incident happened. A private […]
Search – Warton Crag-Incident 31 & 32 /2024 The rescue Team were called by Lancashire Constabulary during the evening of Wednesday 14th August 2024 to assist with an ongoing search for a vulnerable 58-year-old male in the area of Warton Crag. The Team also returned on Friday morning, the 16th August 2024 to continue the search, however as […]
Knee Injury – Borrowdale Fell Race-Incident 030/2024 The second injury during the day of the Borrowdale Fell race on Saturday 3rd August 2024, a female fell runner part of the Borrowdale fell race fell over as she approached the Esk Hause check point, recognising help was needed Team members, which included our Team Doctor deployed from the check point to […]
Head Injury – Borrowdale Fell Race-Incident 029/2024 During our annual fell race cover for the Borrowdale Fell race on Saturday 3rd August, at our check point on Scafell Pike, a male walker aged 56 years old who was not involved with the race presented himself to our Team members with a head injury. Small lacerations to the scalp and pain […]
Spot Pick Up – Hornby-Incident 028/2024 The North West Ambulance Service requested our Mountain Rescue Team on Tuesday 30th July 2024 to assist with a 51-year-old female who had fallen on steep ground whilst out walking in the Bear’s Head wood, Hornby. At 17.34hrs, the rescue Team deployed with 14 volunteers of Bowland Pennine to assist and help, however […]
Spot Pick Up – Waddecar Scout Camp-Incident 027/2024 On Sunday 28th July 2024, at approximately 13.20hrs the rescue Team were contacted by Lancashire Police to help with a female who had requested Mountain Rescue as she snapped something at the back of her leg and was unable to move. The female (age unknown) had been walking her dog around the Scout […]
Spot Pick Up – Pinewood, Grindleton-Incident 026/2024 On Friday afternoon at 14.48hrs, 19th July 2024 the rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service to assist with a 76-year-old female who was feeling ill and was unable to move. As she was in the remote area of Grindleton Fell, our rescue Team attended and assisted the Paramedic on […]
Search – Ormskirk-Incident 025/2024 Early morning, at 01.26hrs on Monday 24th June 2024 the rescue Team received a request from Lancashire Police to assist with a high risk missing person search in Ormskirk. A 48-year-old male, called as vulnerable had been reported as missing from home and the rescue Team were requested to search the local area. […]
Spot Pick Up – Calebank (Whittington)-Incident 024/2024 On Sunday 23rd June 2024, at 15.45hrs the rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service to assist with a 72-year-old female who had a medical condition and was unable to move. She was part of a 10 person group walking along the River Lune just outside of Whittington. The ambulance […]
Search – Tosside-Incident 023/2024 Tuesday 11th June 2024 the rescue Team were requested by our neighbours The Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) to assist with a search in Tosside, near Gisburn Forrest. The incident, which was initiated by the North Yorkshire Police (NYP) was to assist with a search for a 53-year-old male who had been reported as […]
Spot Pick Up – Carnforth-Incident 022/2024 The rescue Team were requested to revisit Carnforth (See also INC 020/2024) late on Sunday evening 26th May 2024 at 9.15 pm by the North West Ambulance Service to assist with a 91-year-old male with a query hip injury who was in severe pain and was unable to mobilise. Our assistance was requested […]
Spot Pick Up – Trowbarrow-Incident 021/2024 The rescue Team were called by the North West Ambulance Service for a fallen climber at 7pm on Friday 24th May 2024. The 32 year-old male, who was climbing at Trowbarrow quarry was reported to have back injuries as a result of the incident. The rescue Team, along with Air Ambulance and Ambulance […]
Spot Pick Up – Carnforth-Incident 020/2024 On Monday 20th May 2024 at 4.18pm the rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service to assist with a difficult situation in Carnforth, where an Ambulance crew were finding it difficult to extract an 87-year-old female who had dislocated her hip. Not normally an area where the rescue Team would […]
Spot Pick Up – Gisburn Forest-Incident 019/2024 The rescue Team were requested on Sunday 12th May 2024 at 13.30hrs to attend to an injured 47-year-old male who had taken a tumble on the Leap of Faith mountain bike route. It was reported that the mountain biker had sustained shoulder and collar bone injury. On arrival, Team members made a quick […]
Spot Pick Up – Quernmore (RTC)-Incident 018/2024 As Team members were completing incident 17 on the River Lune, Team members that were returning to our base in Garstang came across a road traffic collision which involved a motor bike, near the Quernmore Primary School. 6 Team members attended the scene where an 18 year-old female had suffered injuries to her […]
Spot Pick Up – Crook of Lune-Incident 017/2024 The rescue Team were called by the North West Ambulance Service at 11am on Saturday 11th May 2024 for an injured female who had taken a fall. The 50-year-old female had fallen by the River Lune on the embankment, dislocating her ankle. The rescue Team assessed the injury, and with the ankle dislocation […]
Spot Pick Up – Denham Quarry-Incident 016/2024 The rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service on Thursday 2nd May 2024 to attend to a fallen 65-year-old male climber at Denham Quarry. The climber had sustained injuries to his shoulder and there was a query on his level of conscious. On arrival, the casualty was assessed along with […]
Spot Pick Up – Anglezarke-Incident 015/2024 The rescue Team were requested for a second time today on Tuesday 30th April 2024 when at 3.15pm, the North West Ambulance Service called us for a medical emergency near High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke. Team members, along with our colleagues Bolton Mountain Rescue, Air Ambulance and Paramedics attended to a 54-year-old male. He […]
Spot Pick Up – Ribchester-Incident 014/2024 The rescue Team were called at 11.15hrs on Tuesday 30th April 2024 to assist with a 40-year-old female reported as ‘stuck in mud’ up to her thighs and sinking. A full team alert was sent out and 17 volunteer Team members responded to the urgent call. As Team members were arriving in Ribchester, […]
Search – Rivington-Incident 013/2024 On Sunday evening, the 28th April 2024 we were requested by our neighbour Bolton Mountain Rescue to assist with an ongoing search for a 9 year old male in the Rivington Pike area. Thankfully, the young man was found and reunited with his family. Other agencies involved were Lancashire Fire & Rescue, Mountain […]
Spot Pick Up – Potter’s Hill-Incident 012/2024 On Saturday 30th March, the rescue Team were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service to assist with a 57-year-old female who had fallen over in a field with a twisted ankle. Paramedics were already on scene and the rescue team were required to assist with the carry off using our mountain rescue […]
Spot Pick Up – Silverdale-Incident 011/2024 On Saturday 23rd March at 11.11 am, the rescue team were called by the North West Ambulance Service to assist with a 59-year-ol male who had fallen while out walking in the woods. With reports of a head injury and the area being described as having rough terrain, a full callout of the […]
Spot Pick Up, Bank of River Ribble-Incident 010/2024 On Sunday 17th March 2024, at just after 12 noon, we were requested by our neighbouring rescue team, Rossendale & Pendle to assist with a spot pick up at Salesbury, on the bank of the river Ribble. Both rescue teams attended to help and assist, with reports of a lady who had a […]
