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Darwen Biathlon standby rescue cover

Darwen Masters Swimming Club held their annual swim/hill race biathlon this morning in somewhat unusual wintry conditions. 67 competitors took park, watched over by a small number of team members immediately on hand to deal with any problems. (Other team members were...
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Incident 85/2004

At 12:35 GMAS contacted the team, closely followed by LAS, both requesting us to assist in the same incident, concerning a fallen climber in Wilton 3 quarry, off Scout Road, Bolton. A very fast team response was made with the first team member arriving on scene at the...
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Donation from The Guide Association

We are pleased to announce today the receipt of a £50 donation from Bolton Centre Park Trefoil Guild, The Guide Association. Unfortunately this donation did not have and accompanying return address or any other details, so at present we cannot acknowledge this...
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Team presentation to new LANCON search managers

Tonight the team welcomed two new Missing Person Search Managers, newly qualified within the Eastern division of Lancashire Constabulary. Our team leaders, and search dog handler gave both sergeants a very comprehensive overview of the roles and resources the team can...
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Lifejacket official handover by Bolton MBC

Readers of our website will be aware of the recent purchase of lifejackets for every single team member, made possible by the generous grant support from Bolton MBC, with additional financial support from our valued friend “DT”. Today 4 team members and...
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New members recruitment session

Out of 24 total expressions of interest in joining the team, 13 persons were expected to attend our recruitment session this evening. 9 potential team members actually turned up, and were treated to the team’s excellent new Powerpoint presentation, designed by...
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Incident 84/2004

A late evening call at 21:55, from GMP, requesting the Team to search for a missing 92 year old man, in the Swinton area of Salford. 27 team members and our Search Dog Chi responded almost immediately on this very wet, overcast, and chilly evening. Just as the first...
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Remembrance Sunday Service, Lead mines valley

As in previous years, the team attended the Remembrance Sunday Service held at the Bomber Memorial, in Lead Mines Valley, on the fringes of Anglezarke Moor. This service, which is growing in attendance, is organised by a Chorley man, to commemorate the six aircrew,...
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Recruitment drive latest…

To date, we have had 23 enquiries to join the team since launching our latest recruitment drive. All 23 received initial information on the format of our two-part introductory sessions to be held on Tuesday evening 16th November and all day Sunday 21st November. Of...
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One Good Turn Deserves Another

So often throughout the history of BMRT, we have been lucky enough to get members of the National Health Service in to help us with lectures and to help train us for our current casualty care course. So we were pleased to be in a position to help prepare a group of...