by admin | Jun 15, 2012 | General news
This very damp, gloomy and chilly ‘summer!’ evening saw the team providing Standby Rescue Cover for a new short ‘Fell Race / Run’ in the area, organised as part of the Horwich Festival of Racing Series, and taking the form of a Trail Race...
by admin | Jun 15, 2012 | General news
This morning Lancashire Constabulary were involved in a search for a missing male in the Withnell area of Lancashire. This led to the call out of Bowland Pennine MRT to assist them as the search developed. Phil O’Brien the Team Leader of BPMRT then spoke to our...
by admin | Jun 14, 2012 | General news
Organised by Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club, and forming part of the Horwich Festival of Racing, this annual Fell Race takes in a course that commences in Horwich, ascends through Wilderswood and Wilders Moor onto Adam Hill and White Brow, thence to Two Lads...
by admin | Jun 14, 2012 | General news
This afternoon the team visited the pupils of Year 6 at Avondale Primary School, Durham Road, Darwen, as part of the schools “Emergency Services Week.” Present from the team was Team President Bob Hutchinson, Life Vice President Tony McNally and current...
by admin | Jun 14, 2012 | General news
Today we are very pleased to have received the following kind comment addressed to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, from Andrew Redgrave, NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) Community Engagement Manager and NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) Liaison Officer for Mountain...
by admin | Jun 13, 2012 | General news
With the increasing diversity of Search & Rescue equipment within the team and with particular emphasis on the teams water SAR equipment, our Team Council recently decided that in the best interest of the team we needed a new Council post creating to cater for...
by admin | Jun 13, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At the early hour (at least for callouts and our Team Leader! – webmaster) 08:18 we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) ECC regarding assistance needed at an incident immediately to the rear of the Royal Bolton Hospital complex. A male casualty had been located on...
by admin | Jun 12, 2012 | General news
In August 1990 a group of Team members and wives (17 in total) left Bolton on a Friday evening and travelled overnight to Lochinver in NW Scotland arriving around 6.00am on the Saturday morning. At 7.00am they set off on the long trek to a mountain named Suilven which...
by admin | Jun 12, 2012 | General news
Following our Medal Ceremony the team hosted a visit by GMFRS White Watch Manager Nigel Booth of Bolton North Fire Station. Nigel was visiting to discuss a proposed exercise by GMFRS on Saturday 28th July 2012, likely to be held on Smithills Moor based around a...
by admin | Jun 12, 2012 | General news
This evening at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, commencing at 18.30hrs the team held a very special presentation event at which twenty eight current team members and one former team member received their Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal 1952 – 2012. The Queen...
