by admin | Jun 23, 2011 | General news
This morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE joined colleagues from GMFRS Bolton Fire Station, Greater Manchester Police and a PCSO, Bolton MBC and the British Army for a press photocall to advertise the Winter Hill to Bolton Town Hall Charity Run for the Help for...
by admin | Jun 22, 2011 | General news
This evening fifteen team members including our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon, met up with Firefighters from GMFRS Bury Fire Station, in the Little Lever area, to look at exercise locations along the length of the River Irwell,...
by admin | Jun 22, 2011 | General news
Regular readers will recall that we purchased a 3.5m semi-rigid inflatable SAR Boat last year utilising a substantial donation from the Edgworth Real Ale Festival 2009 charity donation. At the time of purchase we were also donated a small outboard engine, which in the...
by admin | Jun 22, 2011 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of another very kind donation from Mr D.L.Halliwell, a kind friend and supporter of the team. Attached to his £25.00 donation was a letter addressed to our Team Leader from Mr D.L.Halliwell, stating; “I...
by admin | Jun 19, 2011 | 2011, Incident
Whilst providing Standby Rescue Cover for the day long Horwich Festival of Racing, (See below report) which included thirty three team members in attendance, the team responded to an accident during the last race of the day, the Bolton Council Cycle Challenge Race. A...
by admin | Jun 19, 2011 | General news
Held for the last ten years and with continuous team involvement since 2004, the Horwich Festival of Racing formerly known as the Horwich Carnival Races, are a day long series of running and cycling events held within Horwich Town Centre which uniquely is completely...
by admin | Jun 19, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At the very early hour of 04.57 this morning we were paged by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to jointly attend and assist with a call to the report of a man who had fallen on steep ground into the River Croal on the outskirts of Bolton Town Centre. NWAS...
by admin | Jun 17, 2011 | General news
Organised by Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club, and forming part of the Horwich Carnival Race Series, 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...
by admin | Jun 16, 2011 | 2011, Incident
The team was on hand to provide stand by rescue cover for the annual Two Lads Fell Race, with thirty team members involved and 211x competitors, when at 20.03hrs news was received that a competitor had fallen on the outward stage of the race in the Wilderswood area,...
by admin | Jun 16, 2011 | General news
Whilst team members were engaged on providing standby rescue cover for the Two Lads Fell Race, our Control Point on Georges Lane, Horwich, was approached by a passing GMP patrol engaged in a search for a missing young boy from the Lostock area of Bolton, believed to...
