by admin | Jun 17, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Further to our involvement in the search for a missing 48 year old man from the Abram Brow area last night and in to the early hours of this morning, at 09.24hrs today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, liaised with GMP about the possibility of the teams on going...
by admin | Jun 17, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 11.37hrs this morning the team was contacted via SARCALL by the Team Leader of Bowland Pennine MRT Kev Camplin, requesting the assistance of our DVSD Handler and Search Dog, in regards to an on going search incident at Poulton Le Fylde. Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes...
by admin | Jun 17, 2015 | Training
On Thursday 11th June 2015 we reported within our website ‘News’ that our DVSD Dog Handler Dave Marsh with DVSD Search Dog Sasha, journeyed across the Irish Sea to take part in a new DVSD Training course weekend for Drowned Victim Search Dogs being held by SARDA...
by admin | Jun 16, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At some point this morning a 48 year old resident of Abram Brow, went missing in circumstances that gave his family and friends concern for his well being. As the afternoon progressed family, friends and local residents joined together to search for the missing man,...
by admin | Jun 16, 2015 | Training
Our readers are by now well aware that we are currently in the process of reviewing our rope access training, which is a direct follow on to the training received on the recent visit by five team members to Lyon Equipment on Saturday 18th April 2015 (Please see...
by admin | Jun 16, 2015 | General news
Meeting at 08.00hrs at our GMFRS Bolton Central Community Fire Station garage this morning, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Equipment Officer – Ropes and Stretchers Nigel Booth (In full time, a GMFRS Watch Commander at Bolton North Community Fire Station) and...
by admin | Jun 15, 2015 | General news
Readers may recall that our Volkswagen LWB Sprinter van based Incident Control Vehicle was built for us by specialist emergency vehicle and funeral / wedding car local coachbuilders Coleman Milne. Today our Incident Control Vehicle ‘Bolton Mobile 6,’ went back to its...
by admin | Jun 15, 2015 | Donations
On Friday 22nd May 2015, we reported within our website ‘News’ pages on the receipt of a very kind letter from Mrs Pauline Fraser of Maghull, Merseyside. Enclosed with the letter was a very thoughtful donation of £40.00 in the memory of the late Elspeth Ann Stears,...
by admin | Jun 15, 2015 | Donations
We are very humbled to have received a large number of donations, all to the memory of the late Mr Peter Leach, who passed away on 1st May 2015. The donations all made in lieu of flowers at the funeral of Mr Peter Leach, total a very kind £315.00. The entire team...
by admin | Jun 14, 2015 | General news
The Bolton MRT team membership wishes to extend its congratulations to the following three mountain rescue colleagues who have all been made a MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours; John Hulse, Team Leader of Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation, will receive his...
