by admin | Aug 26, 2013 | General news
We learnt today of the theft of yet another of our collection boxes, this time from the premises of one of our newly-joined Support Group members, Gary Melia, who owns The Barber Shop in the centre of Radcliffe. Gary tells us that the box was almost due for emptying,...
by admin | Aug 25, 2013 | General news
Demonstrating the excellent links and relationships we have with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, the Bolton MRT was present today to display some of our vehicles and specialist search and rescue equipment at the GMFRS Broughton Community Fire Station Open...
by admin | Aug 25, 2013 | General news
Today the Manchester Road Inn at Astley (M29 7EJ) held a Beer festival, with all charity proceeds kindly in aid of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. The Manchester Road Inn is jointly owned by team members Ashley Kelshaw and Paul Chisholm (and trainee SARDA search dog...
by admin | Aug 24, 2013 | General news
Following previous training (Provided in-house and externally, including kindly by GMFRS) and to consolidate the previous Wednesday evening specific training events, early this morning five experienced team members met at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to journey south...
by admin | Aug 24, 2013 | 2013, Incident
During our swift water rescue training on the River Dee at Llangollen today, the water rescue team was contacted at 16:15 by one of the raft photographers working on the river, to alert them of a water-related incident which had occurred downstream. An inflatable raft...
