by admin | Nov 5, 2012 | General news
On Monday 22nd October 2012, we reported that we had reached 1.3x million hits on our website since going ‘live’ on 1st October 2001. Today barely two weeks later we’ve had an amazing further 12,675 hits (At the time of writing) so a big thanks to...
by admin | Nov 4, 2012 | General news
Today saw the conclusion of this years MREW National Mountain Rescue Party Leader Training Course weekend, kindly facilitated this year by Swaledale MRT. The course held at Wathgill Training Camp, near Catterick, North Yorkshire, attracted trainees from many UK MRTs....
by admin | Nov 4, 2012 | 2012, Incident
In the continuation of the previous days search, (See Incident 77) our SARDA (Wales) specialist Trailing Search Dog Boris, along with his handler, Bolton MRT member Steve Nelson, was called out to assist in the operation this morning, leaving his Bury home at 08.45hrs...
by admin | Nov 4, 2012 | General news
On Saturday 25th October 2003 we commissioned into team service our Land Rover Defender 110 TD5 Ambulance MV03KYE ’Bolton Mobile 4’, as a direct replacement at the time for an elderly Renault Minibus operated by the team. This vehicle, which was our fourth...
by admin | Nov 4, 2012 | General news
Today team member Paul Chisholm, whilst on the SARDA (England) Search Dog training weekend, where he was present as an ‘exercise casualty – dogs body,’ learnt that the SARDA (England) Committee had sat on Saturday night, 3rd November, and having...