by admin | Jul 24, 2013 | General news
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team sends its congratulations to HRH Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and his wife, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, on the recent birth of their son, HRH George Alexander Louis, Prince of Cambridge, third in line to the throne. The Duke of...
by admin | Jul 22, 2013 | General news
Today our Team Training Officer Dave Marsh received a very kind card of thanks from Doctor Caroline Smith and her son James Jago, regards their involvement in our joint exercise, ‘NewStaffBolt 1’ of Sunday 14th July 2013. Caroline wrote; “Dear Dave...
by admin | Jul 21, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 15:42 this afternoon, whilst the team were out in the Cadshaw area undertaking some rope rescue training, the team was contacted by NWAS (Manchester) who were requesting our assistance in the area of Liverpool Castle, Rivington. A 10 year old female had fallen from...
by admin | Jul 21, 2013 | 2013, Incident
This morning at 10.30hrs, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Dog Handler, Steve Nelson, of SARDA (Wales) received a call out to assist North Yorkshire Police in the continuing search for a missing 58 year old woman, in the Hutton Le Hole area. By 14.00hrs, Steve Nelson, his...
by admin | Jul 20, 2013 | General news
In glorious sunshine today, the team attended GMFRS Wigan Fire Station Open Day, which attracted a great number of interested visitors, young and old alike, to this busy Fire Station. We attended with two of our Mountain Rescue Land Rover Ambulance vehicles, radio...
