by admin | Mar 7, 2016 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce today that Paul Copley, our Equipment Officer – Base and Catering, and an operational Call Out list member, has in his capacity in full time employment with BT Wholesale Service Operations, Dial House, Chapel Street, Salford, been...
by admin | Mar 6, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Today saw experienced Bolton MRT team member and DVSD Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh, return from a long weekend deployment to Ireland, taking in both the Republic and Northern Ireland, engaged on a search of a river in the Strabane area for a missing person. Dave who...
by admin | Mar 5, 2016 | Donations
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received within the post, a kind donation of £60.00 to the team from our valued friends and supporters at Wigan Rambling and Climbing Club. Over the last few years Wiagn Rambling and Climbing Club has made donations to the team...
by admin | Mar 5, 2016 | Training
Continuing a theme of driver training and vehicle familiarity with some of our operational members less experienced at driving team vehicles, today it was the turn of our Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh, a GMFRS Firefighter and Fire Appliance Driver by profession,...
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This evening, following a visit by the ‘first half’ of the Squadron on Thursday evening, 11th February 2016 (see website ‘News’ report dated the same) the ‘second half’ of 1471 (Horwich) Squadron Air cadets visited us at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ this evening....
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Around noon today, a group of walkers came across a collapsed male, within the replica of Liverpool Castle, which is located within Lever Park, on the shore of Lower Rivington Reservoir, Rivington. Shortly afterwards a locally resident NWAS Community First Responder...
by admin | Mar 2, 2016 | Training
This evening at 19.30hrs at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ twelve of our current thirteen Probationary members, met for their specific Probationary training session, this week dealing with mountain rescue radio handset protocols, Airwaves useage, Pagers, SARCALL and MR...
by admin | Mar 2, 2016 | Donations
Recently Beryl Pugh, the Treasurer of Ashton-in-Makerfield Congregational Church, contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, informing him that her congregation wished to support a local charity and that mountain rescue had been mentioned. During the course of their...
by admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce the total donations from our community collecting boxes during February 2016 amounted to £454.91, bringing the current year’s total to £688.61 compared to a total of £622.83 for the same period in 2015. We currently have 104 registered...
by admin | Feb 29, 2016 | Training
This evening, MREW trained MPSRO All Wheel Drive Instructor and very experienced Bolton MRT team operational member Ged Clarke, took newer team member Matthew Morris out for some driver training and vehicle familiarity in our GMFRS Bolton North Community Fire Station...
