by admin | Sep 3, 2003 | General news
Whilst driving to our Wednesday night exercise on 3rd September, trainee team member Alastair Philips came upon the immediate aftermath of a potentially serious moorland road RTA, involving two cars and their drivers. He rendered immediate assistance upto and...
by admin | Aug 23, 2003 | General news
The team participated in GMCFS Bolton Fire Station Open Day, thankfully bathed in summer sunshine, the event was a big success. Alongside current and vintage Fire Appliances, and the numerous Fire related sideshows, the team exhibited our three Landrover Defender...
by admin | Aug 20, 2003 | 2003, Incident
Lancashire Ambulance Service paged the team at 13:25, regarding an incident in the Rivington Pike area where a lady had fallen and injured her leg. The team assisted the crew of the North West Air Ambulance in carrying the casualty (who had suffered a suspected...
by admin | Aug 16, 2003 | General news
The Team provided a safety cover to the Darwen Dashers at their Darwen Gala Fell Race, and we also setup our exhibition stand at the Darwen Gala. The public at the Gala raised £10.75 through the collecting buckets, and we also received a £50 donation from...
by admin | Aug 15, 2003 | General news
Today marked another day in the Teams vehicle history, as we picked up our replacement for Bolton Mobile 4. This Landrover 110 County Station Wagon was collected from Williams Manchester this afternoon and driven to Frank Hulton Motor Engineers in Farnworth for the...
by admin | Aug 15, 2003 | General news
The team held a collection at the Asda Moss Bank Way superstore and through the generosity of the public, we raised £215.18 in just a few hours! Thanks to all who donated, and of course special thanks to Asda who allowed us to collect in their store.
by admin | Aug 6, 2003 | 2003, Incident
Full Team call out message for a search for a missing elderly male in the Heaton Mersey district of Stockport at 14:15 Hrs. At 14:39 Hrs a Stand Down message was issued as Glossop MRT was being called in, its much nearer for them !!! At 17:08 Hrs the pagers went off...
by admin | Aug 6, 2003 | General news
The first day of joint training with GMP Tatical Aid Unit in Search Skills. This was taking place in the Stockport area and we had three members and a vehicle on this days course. During the afternoon the Police officers and Bolton MRT members who were on this course...
by admin | Aug 5, 2003 | Donations, General news
The team received a donation of £50 from the Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletic Club, as a ’thank you’ regarding the safety cover that the team provided at 2 events organised by the club in June, the Lever Park Run and the Two Lads Fell Race. So,...
by admin | Aug 4, 2003 | 2003, Incident
GMCFS paged the Team at 15:25 Hrs, our Call Out contacts made contact with the Fire service control room and paged a full team call out at 15:31 Hrs, for a elderly gentleman who was down an embankment in Unsworth, Bury. By this time the pagers were already indicating...
