by admin | Sep 7, 2011 | General news
Our weekly training night this evening featured a presentation by GMFRS Crew Commander Mike Dewar, a very experienced FSI / USAR Dog Handler with GMFRS. (Who was accompanied for the presentation to the team by his son Daniel) Mike operates two dogs, Fire Urban Search...
by admin | Sep 7, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today with thanks to a substantial donation from the ASDA Foundation ’Supporting Your Local Community,’ the team accepted into service the latest item of Team Issue personal equipment, namely fifty pairs of Keela Munro Black Salopettes (Complete with High...
by admin | Sep 7, 2011 | Donations, General news
On Sunday 31st July 2011, George Taylor Seddon, aged 95, the father of our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon, sadly passed away. Today we have received a very large number of donations in memory of the Late George Taylor Seddon, totaling £1,565.00. The entire team...
by admin | Sep 6, 2011 | General news
This evening we played host to a visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by over thirty members from our valued friends and supporters at the Bolton and District Group of The Institute of Advanced Motorists. Bolton and District Group IAM have supported the team since...
by admin | Sep 5, 2011 | Donations, General news
This afternoon one of our trainee Team Members Kris Kilshaw visited Ace Auto Care in Chorley Old Road, Bolton. On find out Kris was a volunteer of our team, the shop kindly donated a large bottle of Turtle Wax Car Wash to assist us in keeping our vehicles clean. Ace...
by admin | Sep 5, 2011 | General news
Our August 2011 Collection Box income total is an excellent £388.60p (Compared to £376.09p in 2010), with our Year to Date collection box income total standing at a fantastic £2,742.91p (compared to £2,694.93p in 2010) We currently have 137x...
by admin | Sep 5, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a very kind £33.00 donation from our friends and supporters at Darwen Dashers Running Club, following our provision of Standby Rescue Cover at their Darwen Gala / Darwen Tower Fell Race event on Saturday 20th...
by admin | Sep 4, 2011 | General news
This weekend of the 3rd, 4th and 5th September saw Mountain Rescue Dog Handlers and other interested members (Including our own Dave Marsh, formerly a SARDA Dog Handler with our team and Bolton MRT member and Trainee Trailing Dog Handler Steve Nelson and his Trainee...
by admin | Sep 3, 2011 | General news
Today at the very kind invitation of the Carnival Committee, the team attended the Flixton, Urmston and Davyhulme Carnival. The weather was dull and damp but luckily the rain stayed away until late afternoon and allowed the carnival to be a great success. The team...
by admin | Sep 2, 2011 | 2011, Incident
This afternoon the team was paged at 13:55 hrs by NWAS (Greater Manchester) regards an accident in the Daubhill area of Bolton, involving a 83 year old male walker who had fallen in fields close to his house sustaining a serious leg injury. At 14:00 hrs a full team...
