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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Mar 1 2006
Incident 30/2006
At 21:26, with the majority of the team on our regular Wednesday evening training exercise, our Team Leader was contacted directly by GMP regards the request for urgent assistance from the team in the search for a missing 11 year old boy.
The boy had been reported missing on his journey home from his school, both being on the immediate outskirts of Bury. The entire team was immediately recalled from the outdoor exercise, with other team members, including our Team Leader – who had not been on the exercise – responding very quickly to the search RVP at St. Gabriels High School, Bury.
In a huge search effort 30 team members and our search dog Chi, and trainee tracker dog Sniff joined in GMP police resources including Division, Traffic, and four dog teams, alongside two fire service crews, who had been given permission to join in the search from Bury fire station.
A large number of immediate family, friends of the missing boy’s family, and concerned neighbours were also very involved in the search. The fact that the missing boy had a medical condition and was reported as only wearing his school uniform, gave considerable concern for all involved in the search for his wellbeing, particularly as the temperature at the height of the search was down to -6˚C.
The overall MRT and GMP search effort was coordinated by our Team Leader, Garry Rhodes, working alongside a GMP Missing Persons Search Manager. The Lancashire Constabulary Air Support Unit helicopter also joined in the search (As GMP’s own helicopter was unavailable).
Within the Bolton team members deployed was a two-man canoe search unit which covered the partly frozen nearby River Irwell and Manchester, Bolton and Bury canal. The team also provided the full facilities of its control and mobile catering units.
The search was concluded in its initial stages with exhausted searchers having drawn a blank at 04:12 in the morning, with the team finally leaving the search RVP at 05:00. GMP police efforts, combined with those of the family obviously continued with the team taking a short rest before being possibly recalled.
By admin • 2006, Incident • Tags: Bury, SearchLowland