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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Feb 17 2008
Speed awareness training at Lancashire Constabulary HQ
On both Saturday & Sunday this weekend, Bolton MRT member Steve Fletcher attended the Lancashire Constabulary Motor Driving School at the police headquarters at Hutton, Preston, for two days of “speed awareness” driver training.
Also joining Steve was one team member from each of our colleague teams in Lancashire, Bowland Pennine MRT and Rossendale & Pendle MRT.
The weekend was run by two Lancashire Constabulary officers who themselves instruct the Police and other emergency agencies in “blue light” driving.
The weekend began at 09:00 with instruction on the rules of the road relating to driving in emergency conditions as well as the theory of dealing with traffic in such conditions.
All three MRT members then boarded the Rossendale & Pendle MRT Landrover (Mobile 3) which was present, and spent the morning with Roger (our instructor) who assessed driving skills and techniques… and of course he picked up on a few bad habits of everyone present!
After lunch, more theory on general vehicle handling, overtaking manoeuvres and vehicle positioning was discussed, coupled with the obvious fact that driving a long wheelbase Landrover laden with MR equipment and personnel is a very different experience to driving an average family car.
Roger then bundled us into RPMRT’s Landrover again to assess what we had learned earlier that day – hopefully by now some of what we had been told was “sinking in”!
The day finished at around 16:00 with everyone present having learned something new (even our instructor, who now knows a little more about Mountain Rescue!)
At 09:00 on Sunday morning we were again given another theory presentation on the rules of the road, in particular the things that we are allowed to do whilst emergency response driving, coupled with the things that we’re not allowed to do!
We were then taken onto the streets of Preston for a commentary run in a liveried Police vehicle under emergency conditions; this was a valuable learning experience – amongst other things it showed just how well other drivers will respond to an emergency vehicle’s lights and sirens, without the need to drive aggressively. Although again it should be mentioned that handling a 3.2 litre Vauxhall Vectra is very different to handling our Landrovers!
After lunch, the MRT personnel present were again given the chance to drive under assessment, but this time on what is seen as our more natural ground – the windy country lanes in the Trough of Bowland, which provided plenty of handling experience and a chance to again try out some of the techniques that we had learned during the course.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those at Lancashire Constabulary for organising and running the course, and of course thanks to Rossendale & Pendle MRT for supplying one of their Landrovers for the duration of the weekend.
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