by admin | Dec 25, 2009 | 2009, Incident
Well in the past we have organised a call out (search) on Christmas Day (for Boxing Day) and we’ve been put on stand by on Christmas Day, see details for last year, but never in the teams history have we actually been called out on Christmas Day until this evening...
by admin | Dec 24, 2009 | 2009, Incident
We were paged at 12.33hrs by NWAS (Manchester) Control to assist an Ambulance stuck on a snowbound / ice bound road with a casualty, in the Little Lever area of Bolton. Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE responded directly in his car, backed up by our BM1 and BM3 Land...
by admin | Dec 24, 2009 | General news
With many team members out assisting NWAS on a few incidents on Christmas eve, former team search dog Chi shows us that he still enjoys playing in the snow!
by admin | Dec 24, 2009 | 2009, Incident
The Team Leader of Rossendale and Pendle MRT contacted our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon directly requesting the Bolton MRT assist with an incident in RPMRTs area, as RPMRT were deployed elsewhere. The incident was yet again to assist NWAS (Manchester) with...
by admin | Dec 23, 2009 | General news
Very experienced and well respected team member Andrew (Andy) Ryding announced his retirement with immediate effect from the team this evening. Andy, aged 44 of Chorley, joined the team in October 1999, but was associated with the team for a long time before this in...