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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Dec 3 2008
Incident 119/2008
At 13.46hrs NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control Centre paged the team for assistance with an incident initially reported in the Walker Fold Farm area of the moors north of Bolton.
At 13.58hrs a full team call out message was paged for team members to respond to the Walker Fold Farm RVP.
In further discussions with NWAS ECC our Team Leader Garry Rhodes established that the incident involved a walker in a party of ramblers on the moors who had suffered a suspected stroke, with an informant making their way to Walker Fold Farm to meet us and guide us to the incident site.
The NWAA Helimed 08 was already involved on another tasking, so with regards to the initial information our Team Leader requested NWAS ECC to call on GMP for their Air Support Unit helicopter to assist in this incident.
The weather at the time was glorious winter sunshine, with snow on the moors and adjacent roads.
Our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon was first at the RVP and upon meeting the male informant, he quickly established that the female casualty was being tended by her party members, and that given her location the GMP ASU helicopter would not be required, as the team could access the 67 year old walker via the moorland track system in a team Landrover. (GMP in liaison with Geoff Seddon therefore stood down their response.)
The casualty was in the Burnt Edge moorland area, which was accessed directly by two of our Team Landrover Ambulances. The woman involved, along with a friend were transported directly to Royal Bolton Hospital in a team Landrover, whilst the rest of the womans party continued with their walk back to Moss Bank Park.
In all seven team members were able to respond to this incident, with a further team member stood down responding.
The woman involved plus her party were all members of the Bolton C.H.A. Walking Club, who coincidentally are long time supporters and friends of the team, so in this instance we were able to repay directly their support of the team by rescueing one of their members.
The whole team wishes the woman involved a speedy recovery to full health, and a return to tramping the moors soon.
By admin • 2008, Incident • Tags: WalkerRambler