by admin | Nov 5, 2014 | General news
Happy Birthday wishes are expressed to our friends at NPAS (National Police Air Service) Warton, callsign NPAS 23, who started off many years ago as the Lancashire Constabulary Air Support Unit, call sign Oscar November 99. They first went live with a Twin Squirrel...
by admin | Nov 5, 2014 | Training
Our potential new team members from our recent 2014 recruitment intake, actually commenced their ‘Probationary Training period’ this evening. This consists of a minimum of eight weekly training sessions prior to our main Wednesday evening exercise starting, which will...
by admin | Nov 5, 2014 | Donations
This evening the team was visited by our close friends Barbara Ronson and John Smith, who were attending to present donations to the team, respectively from Horwich Festival of Racing and Lostock Athletic and Triathlon Club. Arriving at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ...
by admin | Nov 5, 2014 | 2014, Incident
This evening at circa 18.40 hrs whilst driving our Incident Control Vehicle to the start of our Wednesday evening training session, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE stopped to assist at an RTC on Chorley New Road, close to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ. Passers by...
by admin | Nov 4, 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 3, 2014 | Donations, General news
Regular readers will be aware via our website that on Good Friday 2014, the team came to the rescue of Chloe Southworth, who suffered a leg injury on Rivington Pike whilst enjoying the sunny day with her father, uncle and cousin. Chloe was immediately tended to by...
by admin | Nov 3, 2014 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This afternoon experienced operational team members Mark Scott, John Dickinson and Matthew Hailwood travelled in our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicle, radio call sign Bolton Mobile 3, to Marsh Green Primary School in Wigan, where long serving team...
by admin | Nov 3, 2014 | General news
On Thursday 30th October 2014 we attended the Resilience Awareness Day ‘Get Ready for Winter’ at Victoria Square, Bolton (Please see website ‘news’ report dated the same) This morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following kind email from Cath Nally,...
by admin | Nov 2, 2014 | 2014, Incident
Following the below, and very nearby, again on Chorley New Road, our Bolton Mobile 3 Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicle which was returning from a short training exercise, and was at the time stationary in standing traffic, when a motorcyclist overtook our...
by admin | Nov 2, 2014 | General news
Regular readers will be aware via our website that on Good Friday 2014, the team came to the rescue of Chloe Southworth, who suffered a leg injury on Rivington Pike whilst enjoying the sunny day with her father, uncle and cousin. Chloe was immediately tended to by...
