Our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family following the sad news of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Many of our members were inspired to enjoy the outdoors through the DofE Award. The picture shows members meeting the Duke in 1979. pic.twitter.com/SSTC30CcPB
At 4.56pm yesterday we were requested by NWAS to assist with a 22yo male who had fallen at Tiger’s Clough. The team treated him with pain relief & placed a vacuum splint around the injured ankle, then stretchered him to the waiting ambulance.We wish him a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/ZEbrt4vaLT
1/2 From all of us at BMRT we would just like to thank every one of you that donated to us this weekend. It was a hard decision for us not to do our usual Easter meet and great around Rivington but for the safety of our team members, we decided against it. pic.twitter.com/xkNOo8equX
It's been a busy start to 2021 for the team. Three months in & we are already on our way to more callouts than we had last year. If you can support us in our work, please feel free to donate via boltonmrt.enthuse.com/#!/ #BoltonMRT #Volunteers #Donate #Rescues #BeenBusy pic.twitter.com/KhDxLT92N8
1/ Today is usually a busy and important day for the team. With so many people visiting the Rivington area in particular, we would usually have our displays set up around the area to help educate people about outdoor safety. pic.twitter.com/0iKNZaqWU1
Thank you to everyone who nominated us for these awards and huge congratulations to Ricky Lomax for winning the Emergency Service Award 🥳 #BoltonNewsLockdownHeroes twitter.com/TheBoltonNews/…
Our water team has been very busy over the past few weeks! Congratulations to our new MOD2’s and well done to our MOD4’s for passing their refreshers course 🥳 facebook.com/58756182794365… #BoltonMRT #WaterSafety #Training pic.twitter.com/3MaO6XkOnF
If you see a fire in the countryside, report it immediately 🔥 Leave the area as soon as possible and dial 999 📱 If you witness illegal activity report it to Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 pic.twitter.com/I7eRXLwQx4
❓ Did you know that moorland and wildfires can be started in a number of ways? Sadly, many are started deliberately, however, some can break out by people being careless with barbecues, campfires or not disposing of cigarettes properly 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WDHdEHFcXA
We appreciate this encouraging message of support from our colleagues at NWAS twitter.com/NWAmbulance/st…
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Jan 16 2005
Incident 19/2005
A Sunday evening callout to round off a very busy weekend for the team, which started on Friday and resulted in 3 spot pick-ups. At 19:04 we were contacted by LANCON on behalf of LAS to attend an incident initially reported to be in the area of the Top Barn, Lever Park, Rivington (Rivington Hall Barn). A fast initial response was made by Horwich based team members (including our Deputy Team Leader) to the RVP at the Top Barn.
First arriving team members were then despatched to try and locate the casualty site (the casualty and her partner had made initial contact with LAS, giving their approximate location but then their mobile phone’s battery had apparently failed). Our TL was despatched to locate the responding LAS vehicle in the Lower House area. At 19:33 the 57 year old female hillwalker concerned was located along with her partner and their dog by team members. Team members, and the 3 responding team vehicles then relocated to join our TL with the LAS ambulance at Lower House car park.
Via a network of local tracks (in the darkness) our BM1 vehicle was able to transport an LAS paramedic and team members direct to the scene to join other team members who were treating the woman for a suspected fractured right ankle. The woman was placed into BM1 and transported back to the roadhead at Lower House, then transferred to the LAS vehicle for onward journey to Royal Bolton Hospital, at 20:11.
The casualty is transfered from Bolton Mobile 1 to the LAS stretcher.
The woman’s hillwalking partner and their dog were transported back by our DTL to collect their car. An interesting night time spot pick-up which relied greatly on the local knowledge of the team to locate and then evacuate the casualty.
27 team members responded to this incident inclusive of 6 members who were stood down responding.
By admin • 2005, Incident