by admin | Aug 19, 2010 | General news
This afternoon at the invitation of GMP Police Community Support Officer Heather Betton, the team attended an ’Emergency Services Event’ at Crompton Childrens Centre, Bolton. There follows an account of the afternoons proceedings by very experienced Team...
by admin | Aug 18, 2010 | Donations, General news
This evening our Chairman, Ken Oakes, Team members Brian Brooks, Judith Waltho and trainee Team members, Martin Banks and Nick Berry attended the Horwich Leisure Centre to meet John Smith, Chair Lostock Athletics Club, and a group of the club members to be presented...
by admin | Aug 14, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Early this evening, the team was called to attend an incident near to Hawkshaw, in the Bury area. A woman had slipped whilst out walking in the woods with her family, and had suffered a suspected fractured ankle. The team was called to the incident by NWAS...
by admin | Aug 11, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Early this morning at 06.25hrs Mick Nield the Team Leader of Oldham MRT directly contacted our Team Leader, requesting the teams attendance with the continuation of a search involving Kinder and Oldham MRT’s which had commenced in the early hours of the morning in the...
by admin | Aug 9, 2010 | General news
In our website news article of Tuesday June 22nd 2010, at which the Committee members of the Edgworth Real Ale Festival were reported to have officially handed over to us our Search and Rescue Boat and six sets of appropriate personal equipment, (Drysuits, helmets,...
by admin | Aug 7, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Late this evening at 23.07hrs we were paged by Lancashire Constabulary for the teams assistance regards a missing 37 years old man in Darwen. The Police were concerned for the mans health and he had last been seen at around 22.00hrs this same evening on a road heading...
by admin | Aug 7, 2010 | Donations, General news
Way back in August 2005, Iain Bisset whilst climbing with his father David Bisset, at Ousel’s Nest Quarry, Chapeltown, suffered injuries in a climbing accident, to which the team and the ambulance service were called. Iain thankfully went on to make a full...
by admin | Aug 6, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received from Inspector Whitehead of Greater Manchester Police, Salford Division, a kind letter of thanks regards the teams involvement in Incident 69-2010, July 14th, concerning the search for a missing 10 year old boy in the...
by admin | Aug 5, 2010 | General news
Following the very close ties that exist between the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team and the Fire, Police and Ambulance Services in Greater Manchester, alongside the links the team also has at a Civil Contingencies level with Local Authorities, the North West Air...
by admin | Aug 5, 2010 | General news
This afternoon the teams President Bob Hutchinson, Life Vice President Tony McNally, Chairman Ken Oakes and Training Officer Elaine Gilliland, welcomed David Crausby, MP for Bolton North West – accompanied by his wife – Mark Grundy from the Bolton...
