by admin | Apr 13, 2011 | General news
At tonight’s training session (on the MREW Casualty Care Course syllabus), the team was kindly assisted in the delivery of training to the team members by two friends of the team. Dave McClure, Medical Team Leader at Cheshire Search & Rescue Team and a...
by admin | Apr 13, 2011 | Donations, General news
Early this evening five members of the Committee of Bolton Floral Art Group visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to present a cheque donation, following a fundraising raffle held amongst their membership. They were initially greeted by our Team Secretary (and Support...
by admin | Apr 12, 2011 | General news
Tonight Judith Waltho hung up her boots and retired from the team’s callout list membership, due to a change in work and personal circumstances. Judith joined the team as a probationer in July 2009. Whilst handing back her team-issued kit tonight Judith...
by admin | Apr 10, 2011 | General news
At 14.56 this afternoon, whilst in the Rivington area, Bolton Mobile 1 with a crew of 5 came across a moorland fire. We contacted the fire service who had already received a number of calls and were on route. The fire was close to the main road between Belmont and...
by admin | Apr 10, 2011 | General news
Following on from Bolton Mountain Rescue Team being selected as the Charity of the Year for 2011 by Bolton Sports Federation Ladies’ Rounders League, even more money has been kindly raised for Bolton MRT. To date the magnificent sum £1500.00 has been...
by admin | Apr 9, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 18.43hrs this evening NWAS (Manchester) Control contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE directly by mobilephone, to request the teams assistance with a seriously injured 34 year old male, who had sustained leg fractures on the edge of Breightmet Golf Course,...
by admin | Apr 8, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce the very kind donation of £35.00 from Halliwell Methodist Women’s Fellowship Class, “Towards the good work that you do.” The team membership extends its fullest thanks to all at Halliwell Methodist Fellowship...
by admin | Apr 7, 2011 | 2011, Incident
This afternoon at 15:20 we were contacted by pager by the ’Airdesk’ (NWAA Helimed ’tasking’ ) at NWAS (Lancashire) to respond to the report of a collapsed hillwalker on Darwen Moor. The call was answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who collected the relevant...
by admin | Apr 6, 2011 | General news
This evening, Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon attended the NWAS NHS Trust Staff Awards Ceremony 2011, which was held at the Woodlands Suite, Ribby Hall Village, Lancashire. Accompianing Geoff were colleagues from neighbouring Mountain Rescue Teams in the area; Andy...
by admin | Apr 6, 2011 | General news
This evening Krisshan Weedall, ’Bolton’s youngest busker,’ and an appreciated supporter of the team, who last month alone kindly raised £80.00 for the team, joined us for an evening exercise in the Cadshaw quarry area of Turton and Entwistle....
