by admin | Jun 30, 2017 | 2017, Incident
This afternoon the team was contacted by Greater Manchester Police for assistance with a search centred around Pennington Flash. A 63 year old man was causing concern for his welfare, who regularly walked around the Pennington Flash park, and lived locally. Due to the...
by admin | Jun 26, 2017 | General news
Today Team Leader Alistair Greenough and Treasurer Martin Banks represented the team at the NWAS Greater Manchester Awards Ceremony. Amongst the many 20, 30 and 40 years service awards was friend of the team and CEO of NWAS, Derek Cartwright who received his 30 year...
by admin | Jun 25, 2017 | Training
This weekend two team members, Kris Kilshaw and Matthew Hailwood travelled to Cowm Quarry to take the 4×4 driver training course. A number of team members have completed this MPSRO 4×4 training course, which Team Member Ged Clarke instructs on.
by admin | Jun 25, 2017 | Training
This weekend saw two team members undertake the Mountain Rescue England & Wales course. This course is facilitated by member of the North East Wales Search & Rescue (NEWSAR) and Bolton MRT, with experienced team members acting as mentors and exercise...
by admin | Jun 24, 2017 | Training
Although Mountain Rescue England and Wales have an accredited Casualty Care course, team members are expected to have completed two years in the team before undertaking the qualification, so an alternative course can be taken to help members increase their skills....
