by admin | Aug 18, 2015 | General news
Belated congratulations to Mike O’Brien, on the birth on Saturday afternoon, 15th August 2015, of Finley James O’Brien, 6lb 11oz, his fourth addition to his family, all boys. The whole team membership extends its congratulations to Mike and his wife Christine, on the...
by admin | Aug 17, 2015 | 2015, Incident
This very warm sunny afternoon, a young mother in the company of her sister and their four young children were enjoying a walk in the grassy meadows of Lever Park, Rivington, in the vicinity of Great House Barn, when her five years old daughter suffered a large open...
by admin | Aug 16, 2015 | General news
This morning at 11.00hrs a small number of team members gathered at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, primarily to initially check over kit used on the previous searches and rescues, replenish items and put a lot of our lighting equipment on – and then off, charge....
by admin | Aug 16, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Given that our Trailing Dog Handler Steve Nelson, Elaine his usual navigator, and Boris (yes he went as well) had only just returned from a months mountaineering holiday in the Alps, and almost straight away gone on to the search yesterday at Moses Gate (Incident 63)...
by admin | Aug 15, 2015 | 2015, Incident
As many search areas were concluding at the search of Moses Gate Country Park for missing 50 year old Jerry Hennelly, NWAS Greater Manchester EOC Parkway paged the team at 19.49hrs, to attend an incident involving a youth, who had dislocated his knee and was some...
by admin | Aug 15, 2015 | General news
With all the Bolton MRT team assets fully deployed on Incident 63, a search centred upon Moses Gate, at 16.37hrs today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a mobile phone request from LFRS Fire Officer Shaun Walton, for the Bolton MRTs availability to provide...
by admin | Aug 15, 2015 | Safety Cover
Today the team provided standby rescue cover for the annual Darwen Gala Fell Race, held as part of the fantastic Darwen Gala day festivities. This year the Fell Race was once again organised by Darwen Running Group. The main race route, which started at 13.30hrs, took...
by admin | Aug 15, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Further to Incident 62 of late Thursday evening, 13th August, our Team Leader liaised with GMP on Friday 14th August, regarding the on going enquiries by GMP to locate the whereabouts of 50 year old Jerry Hennelly, who was missing from his Heaton, Bolton home in...
by admin | Aug 14, 2015 | Training
Our Drowned Victim Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh and his colleague DVSD Handler Mike Dermody (Of British Transport Police) who are both members of SARDA Ireland North, recently made contact with Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team via Trainee Dog Handler Philip Eichmann...
by admin | Aug 13, 2015 | 2015, Incident
GMP this evening were contacted regarding a missing 50 year old man from the Heaton area of Bolton, in circumstances giving concern for his welfare. At 23.25hrs very late this evening – and with many members having gone to bed early to catch up on their lost sleep...
