by admin | Nov 15, 2014 | General news, Training
Commencing early this morning, our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, who works full time as an Accident and Emergency Nurse at Warrington Hospital, had arranged a full days mountain rescue familiarity awareness course for nine members of Remote Medic UK. The nine...
by admin | Nov 15, 2014 | General news
Today saw the twice yearly meeting of our national body, MREW England and Wales, at its usual location of Lancashire Constabulary Force Duty Headquarters, Hutton, Preston. Various sub committees and working groups met in the morning, with the main business meeting in...
by admin | Nov 14, 2014 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce the receipt today of a kind donation of £130.61p via the Charities Aid Foundation from former Bolton MRT call out list member Steve Thomas, who also served as our Treasurer whilst in the team. On Wednesday 8th October 2014, Steve had...
by admin | Nov 14, 2014 | General news, Training
This evening our trainee air scenting mountain rescue search dog handler Jess Ellsmore and her trainee search dog Blitz, undertook some training in the Wilderswood and Wilders Moor area, high above Horwich. Jess and of course Blitz, were assisted by fellow Bolton MRT...
by admin | Nov 14, 2014 | General news
This evening commencing at 19.40hrs representatives from four of the five mountain rescue teams who operate in Greater Manchester, met at the NWAS (Greater Manchester) Emergency Operational Centre, at Parkway, Manchester, to discuss some items of operational...
by admin | Nov 14, 2014 | General news
This Sunday, 16th November, commencing at circa 09.00hrs, with an exercise start on scene time of 10.30hrs, will be a mountain rescue exercise involving over seventy participants in various locations along the high moorland road between Rivington village and Belmont...
by admin | Nov 13, 2014 | General news
This afternoon our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and Team member Steve O’Hara, attended the bi annual Bolton Voluntary Agencies Forum; Civil Contingencies meeting, held at Bolton Town Hall, co-ordinated and facilitated by Bolton MBC Civil Contingencies Unit. Attending...
by admin | Nov 13, 2014 | Donations
Our regular readers will know that Bolton MRT had been shortlisted for the Lloyds Bank Community Fund 2014 in the north-Bolton / Blackburn area. By encouraging the public to vote, Bolton Mountain Rescue Team had a chance to be awarded a grant of up to £3,000.00 from...
by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | Training
Tonight an enthusiastic and very interested audience of thirty Call Out list members, one trainee team member and seven probationary team members, were treated to a very thorough and comprehensive presentation by team member Mark Scott entitled ‘Drugs for use by...
by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | Training
Commencing at 19.20hrs at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, all our current seven probationary team members, met for their second probationary training session this evening. Tonight they were introduced to our team primary operational area, all 800 square kilometres of...
