by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | General news
The following report was placed on the website of our national organisation; Mountain Rescue England and Wales, on the evening of Sunday 7th October, with regards to the massive search operation conducted by Mountain and Cave Rescue teams and SARDA for April Jones,...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | General news
Last week we commenced our our MREW Mountain Rescue Casualty Care Course. This course developed over a great many years is the ‘benchmark’ casualty care course undertaken by those in mountain rescue within England and Wales. The multi session long syllabus...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | General news
Regards our October 2012 potential new team member recruitment intake, for persons interested in joining the operational team membership, we can report that to date we have now received nineteen applications of interest via our online application form, with (so far)...
by admin | Oct 8, 2012 | General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following comments from Oldham MRT Deputy Team Leader Dave Knight, regards our Incident 72-2012 when we covered a search incident on behalf of Oldham MRT as they were otherwise deployed on the Machynlleth April Jones...
by admin | Oct 7, 2012 | 2012, Incident
On Saturday evening, 6th October, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by a GMP Missing Person Search Manager, regards the teams assistance with an on going search enquiry to locate a missing twenty four year old man. The search was to be mounted on...
by admin | Oct 7, 2012 | General news
This morning, at the very early hour (No Sunday lie in!) of 07.45hrs fifteen Bolton MRT members assembled at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ in Bolton, to depart for a scheduled 08.15hrs briefing at GMFRS Broughton Fire Station, in Salford, in regards to taking part in...
by admin | Oct 7, 2012 | General news
This morning Bolton MRT team member and SARDA (Wales) Trailing Dog Handler Steve Nelson along with his Trailing Dog Boris, returned from the NSARDA training weekend for ‘Mountain Rescue Trailing Dogs’ in Patterdale, Cumbria. (Steve with Boris had...
by admin | Oct 6, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 13.46hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was directly contacted by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control Centre, for the teams immediate assistance with an incident in the woodlands of Philips Park, Prestwich. A male mountain biker has sustained a suspected...
by admin | Oct 6, 2012 | 2012, Incident
Whilst providing standby rescue cover for the 2:09 Events Limited Rivington Half Marathon and Marathon events, team members present at the event responded to four incidents requiring casualty care to competitors on this event. (See separate website news report on this...
by admin | Oct 6, 2012 | General news
Today for the fourth year running, the team provided standby rescue cover for this years Rivington Half Marathon and Marathon event. Organised by 2:09 Events, the race enjoyed its fourth year in Rivington, with the route starting at Rivington & Blackrod School....
