by admin | Aug 21, 2004 | Donations, General news
Our thanks go to our friends & supporters in Darwen Dashers, who have just donated to the Team a fantastic £250 for our continuing help with various stand-by safety cover events, at fell races organised by Darwen Dashers, over the previous year.
by admin | Aug 21, 2004 | General news
8 Team members and 2 of our Mountain Rescue Landrovers, attended today’s Darwen Gala, putting on a Mountain Rescue vehicle & equipment display, on the Darwen Gala exhibition field. The members were also on hand to provide immediate stand-by rescue cover for...
by admin | Aug 20, 2004 | 2004, Incident
Late afternoon GMAS contacted the Team for urgent assistance with regards to a report of a child in the River Irwell at Ringley, Manchester. As Fire, Ambulance and Mountain Rescue were jointly responding it became known that the child was not actually in the river but...
by admin | Aug 19, 2004 | General news
Thanks to a wonderful donation from Milliken, our new base at Ladybridge has always benefited from a fully carpeted entrance, stairwell and upstairs and in order to keep this looking clean and tidy we have the regular domestic task of an almost daily vacuum (you...
by admin | Aug 18, 2004 | General news
This very stormy evening saw 12 Team members take a visit to Lancashire Aero Club Rescue & Fire Service at Barton Aerodrome, for familiarisation of small aircraft types. We have the big planes at Manchester International Airport and military at BAE Warton and RAF...
by admin | Aug 18, 2004 | General news
In the light of 2 recent drowning incidents and past incidents of a similar nature, the Team has reviewed how many Personal Flotation Devices (PFD) / Lifejackets, the Team should have for the protection of its Call Out Members whilst engaged in waterside Search &...
by admin | Aug 16, 2004 | General news
Netnorth, who donated the hosting of our website since October 2001, have once again donated to the Team, this time the fee that is normally charged for the yearly renewal of our domain name, “boltonmrt.org.uk”. The Team thanks Netnorth once again for...
by admin | Aug 15, 2004 | General news
The Team was sadly informed today by GMP that the body of the missing youth we were searching for over the previous two days, had been located by the Police underwater search unit today, in the River Bollin. All the Team members involved in this search wish to extend...
by admin | Aug 15, 2004 | General news
Despite the team’s recent flurry of activity over the past 2 days (on incidents 63-65/2004), 8 team members were today collecting at the Rivington Lower Barn. Over the course of the day, £106.12 was raised for Team funds. Thanks to all the members of the...
by admin | Aug 15, 2004 | Donations, General news
The Team is grateful to members of the 1st Ashton Scouts for a donation of £25 received after the result of a review of our catering equipment. Some equipment surplus to the teams’ needs had been donated to the Scout Group, and subsequently they have...
