by admin | Oct 8, 2017 | Donations
We have received a marvellous donation of £500 from ESSITY/SCA Hygiene Products of Manchester Ltd. Their employees fund a Site Charity Fund and nominate charities to benefit and, thanks to their employee, Rob Greaves, Bolton Mountain Rescue Team has been chosen to...
by admin | Oct 8, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 10:04 this morning the team was requested to assist at an incident on Holcombe Moor, involving a male mountain biker who was reported to be feeling unwell and who had also possibly collapsed. Colleagues from Rossendale and Pendle MRT were mobilised at the same...
by admin | Oct 7, 2017 | Safety Cover
Today saw the team providing standby rescue cover for the Rivington Trail Half Marathon event. Organised this year by the Chorley Ladies Football Club with the route starting at Rivington & Blackrod School, and heading north to the White Coppice area, and then...
by admin | Oct 7, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 08:33 this morning the team was contact by Greater Manchester Police with the request to assist in the search of a high risk missing person in the area of Jumbles Reservoir, Bolton. The team was requested to meet offices at Ousel’s Nest car park. Happily, as...
by admin | Sep 28, 2017 | Donations
We are pleased to report receipt of a marvellous donation of £200 from Manchester Mountain Bikers. They have donated a proportion of their annual membership fees to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team “in support and appreciation of the vital services provided”....
by admin | Sep 21, 2017 | Donations
This evening, team member and Medical Equipment Officer Steve James visited the Kearsley and Ringley Conservative Club to thank them for their kind donation of £735.00. This was put towards our recent purchase of FRED easyport defibrillators, which Steve took to show...
by admin | Sep 17, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At the conclusion of the peer review weekend all vehicles were travelling back to their respective bases when Team Leader Alistair Greenough received a phone call from the peer review team reporting they had come across an RTC involving two vehicles on De Havilland...
by admin | Sep 17, 2017 | General news
This weekend the team undertook a peer review, looking at all aspects of the workings of the team, allowing the team to reflect on what we do and whether it is best practice. The Mountain Rescue (England & Wales) appointed Tim Cain from Swaledale Mountain Rescue...
by admin | Sep 16, 2017 | 2017, Incident
At 6:35 this morning the team were contacted by our neighbouring team, Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team, to assist with an ongoing search for a missing female giving police cause for concern. Bowland Pennine had been searching Nicky Nook, near Scorton, since the...
by admin | Sep 13, 2017 | Donations
Way back in January 1996, Bolton Mountain Rescue Team was called to a sledging accident on Rivington Pike and assisted Mrs Deborah Garlick of Warrington, who had spinal injuries. Ever since that accident, Deborah and her husband, John, have been supporting our team...
