by admin | Aug 3, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 09:51, the team was put on standby for a search in the Sale area of Manchester. At 12:47, when all information had been gathered, a full team callout was initiated and 23 members met up to search for a 71 year old male alzheimers sufferer, who had been missing...
by admin | Aug 1, 2003 | General news
A very busy week for the Team, except one person Garry Rhodes our Team Leader was on Holiday this week and missing all the fun, well at least there will be all that paperwork for him to catch up on.
by admin | Jul 31, 2003 | Donations, General news
We received a fantastic donation of £100 from the Leigh & District Rambling Club – whose members were kind enough to consider that whilst their 140 strong club hadn’t yet had cause to make use of our services, they just wanted to know that, if...
by admin | Jul 27, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 15:04, the team, already in the Rivington area, was requested to attend an incident at Healey Nab, with the report of a male walker who was fitting. 12 minutes later the Team was stood down, Lancashire Ambulance Service had gained vehicle access to the...
by admin | Jul 24, 2003 | General news
Thursday & Friday saw twelve Team trainee drivers attend GMP Driver Training Unit at Openshaw for a Emergency Response Driver Awareness course. The Team and its newly qualified drivers would like to thank instructors for the course Mark Harrison & Martin...
by admin | Jul 23, 2003 | General news
Our usual training night, we held an exercise on Cutacre Tip. Now this evening was a completely damp night, well in actual fact it was a wash out. The evening consisted of a steep ground rescue exercise, this exercise was based on a woman and two children going out...
by admin | Jul 22, 2003 | General news
In the evening, we held the latest introduction evening for those potentially interested in joining the Team. The excellent venue of GMAS Ladybridge Hall Training School, provided a backdrop for our Training Officer Ann Shaw, to explain what Team membership is all...
by admin | Jul 20, 2003 | General news
Sunday saw a rather strange sight, three Bolton MRT Land Rovers and in the middle of them a Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service Land Rover. The reason for this was a visit by Flt Sgt Bill Batson MBE, Chief Instructor RAFMRS, who had come up for one of our Rope...
by admin | Jul 19, 2003 | Donations, General news
We are extremely grateful to the Rotary Club of Darwen for their £50 donation from their Charity fund. The Rotary Club of Darwen are long term supporters of the Team and we are very grateful for their continuing support over the years.
by admin | Jul 16, 2003 | 2003, Incident
At 1928 Hrs we were called out by GMP with regards to a search for a missing 61 year old male. The search was co-ordinated by Bolton MRT with GMP and included the grounds of Leigh Hospital & Lilford Park. Within 30 mins of the first searchers being deployed the...
