by admin | Apr 2, 2017 | Donations
Following our report of 16th March 2017 concerning receipt of donations totalling £460 in memory of Susan Elizabeth Leach, we have now received a further thoughtful donation of £50 from Harwood Golf Club Ladies Section. This additional donation is very much...
by admin | Mar 30, 2017 | General news
Today many serving and ex fire fighters gathered to celebrate the opening of Bolton North Fire Station 50 years ago. Only a few there could remember the opening but that didn’t stop the rest of us meeting up with old friends and having a piece of cake (bringing a cake...
by admin | Mar 28, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 16:16 today the team were contacted by our neighbouring team Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team to assist in a rescue of a 72 year old male who had suffered a leg injury in the Edenfield Area of Lancashire. The RVP was the Owd Betts pub, with seven Bolton...
by admin | Mar 19, 2017 | Donations
Today, four of our Support Group members and two operational team members shared a rota to hold a charity collection at TESCO Extra, Middlebrook, from 11:00 – 17:00. Thanks to the generosity of TESCO’s customers, we were pleased to receive donations...
by admin | Mar 18, 2017 | Training
Today, three team members, Steve Fletcher, Martin Banks and Paul Brain travelled to NWAS Ambulance HART Base on Trafford Park to undertake MREWs Media Training Course. Joining fellow MPSRO (Mid-Pennine Search & Rescue Organisation) team members from Bowland...
by admin | Mar 17, 2017 | General news
Our Support Group has recently welcomed two new potential members to add to their numbers – Paul Hurst of Atherton, a Sharepoint Manager with the NHS, and Mick Masheter of Standish, a Builder/Bricklayer. Both Paul and Mick have been welcomed to the Group by the...
by admin | Mar 17, 2017 | General news
Our Support Group and operational team members will be at TESCO Extra store, Middlebrook, on Sunday 19th March from 11:00 to 17:00, holding a charity collection to support our voluntary search and rescue service. We hope that shoppers will pause from their shopping to...
by admin | Mar 16, 2017 | Donations
We have received a kind donation of £50.00 from Geoff & Mary Lowe of Radcliffe, in memory of the late Mrs Hilda Hutchinson-Lowe, who died earlier this year and was the mother of our Team President, Bob Hutchinson. We would like to thank Geoff & Mary for their...
by admin | Mar 16, 2017 | Donations
We have received donations via Fred Hamer Funeral Services totalling £460 in memory of the late Susan Elizabeth Leach who passed away recently. We would like to thank her daughter, Rachel Seign of Bolton, for her thoughtfulness at such a sad time for her and her...
by admin | Mar 15, 2017 | General news
Tonight the team held its Annual General Meetings, including the election of officers. The majority of positions remained with just a couple of changes with officers getting elected into the role: Neil Aspinal stood down as the Vehicles Officer with Neil Barrow...
