by admin | Jul 15, 2009 | General news
Back in November 2008 (see #article#2209#article dated 12th November 2008#) the team welcomed to its Ladybridge Hall base representatives from the British Red Cross who brought along their Fire and Emergency Support Service vehicle, which operates throughout the...
by admin | Jul 15, 2009 | General news
Following on from last Wednesday when two people visited the team with an interest in joining, (they both subsequently put their aspirations to join on hold, having carefully considered the commitment we require with regards to raising their young family), this...
by admin | Jul 15, 2009 | General news
This evening 11 team callout members, together with 3 of our 4 Mountain Rescue Land Rovers travelled to Manchester International Airport Fire Station, where we were greeted by Paul Johnson, one of the officers based at the station. The purpose of the visit was to...
by admin | Jul 15, 2009 | General news
This morning a small group of pupils and staff from Rumworth School visited our base / HQ at Ladybridge Hall. The pupils were working on a project at school involving the work of the Emergency Services and as part of this project they were interested in the work of...
by admin | Jul 14, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 20:28 this evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes received a direct phonecall from NWAS (Lancashire) regarding the team’s urgent assistance with the report of a farmer collapsed on the lower slopes of Quarlton Heights, off Plantation Road, Edgworth. In parallel with...
by admin | Jul 14, 2009 | General news
This evening the team hosted a lecture for 316 (Leigh) Squadron Air Training Corps, at the team’s Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ. The Air Cadets and two of their leaders attended the lecture by 5 Bolton MRT members, which included a demonstration of the team’s...
by admin | Jul 12, 2009 | 2009, Incident
Today at 17:49 North West Ambulance Service (Greater Manchester Area) paged the Team for assistance with an incident. The page was answered by Team Leader Garry Rhodes, who had literally just left our Ladybridge Hall Base. As personnel were still at our base, Garry...
by admin | Jul 11, 2009 | General news
Today team members Chris Tennant and Paul Brain travelled to Warrington to take part in a course on Introduction to Managing Conflict, Aggression & Violence, at the invitation of our friends from Cheshire Search & Rescue. The course was run free of charge by...
by admin | Jul 11, 2009 | General news
Today, the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team were invited to attend the Summer Fete of Parochial Primary School, Westhoughton. Four team members, Matthew Hailwood, Ana Toole, Marissa Venables and Elaine Gilliland travelled to the Fete in team vehicle BM2 and were greeted by...
by admin | Jul 10, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 22:05 this evening we received a pager callout from NWAS (Manchester) regarding a report of a young girl who had fallen at “Dead Mans Cliff” (a local name) in the Longsight Lane area of Bolton. Whilst our Team Leader was collecting information about...
