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 19 2012
Team takes part in EXERCISE CURA – provision of emergency humanitarian assistance and welfare on the highway
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and our Training Officer Elaine Gilliland, took a full part in ‘Exercise CURA,’ a regional multi agency exercise, hosted by Lancashire Constabulary and presented by the Highways Agency, which took the form of a facilitated workshop aimed at testing draft plans / protocols that have been drawn up within each of the five Local Resilience Forums (LRF’s) in the region to replace the Emergency Customer Welfare plans that existed up until June 2011.
The aims and objectives of the day tested the revised procedure and ensured that there is sufficient synergy across the region to cater for any cross-border incident of this nature.
Emphasis on the exercise was on the escalation methods to adopt and the practicalities of multi agency co-operation in dealing with the consequences of a major incident, rather than scene management, that in turn poses a threat to life or unacceptable discomfort to road users caught up in the ensuing congestion.
The exercise was held within the Ellis Conference Centre at Lancashire Constabulary Force Headquarters complex, Hutton, and commenced at 10.00hrs.
As well as our Team Leader and Training Officer, there was also other MRT representatives present and taking part; Team Leader Phil O’Brien from Bowland Pennine MRT, Mike Graham from Penrith MRT representing Lake District / Cumbria MRTs, Deputy Team Leader Pete Goble and Ken Crossley from Rossendale and Pendle MRT.
Over eighty delegates were present, representing Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, Merseyside Police, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, Lancashire Constabulary, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, Cheshire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police, Cumbria Police, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, North West Ambulance Service, British Army (Regards Armed Forces assets) Highways Agency, and Local Authorities.
Three delegates represented the British Red Cross (Including David Ellis and Kevin Place) Nigel Tansley from the Salvation Army, and Derek Hampson from the RSPCA.
The overall exercise took the form of facilitated workshops with two main scenarios to work through (Summer congestion- very warm weather and wintry conditions, both secarios leading to standing traffic conditions) both with ‘exercise injects’ to allow the scenarios and agency responses to develop.
For the initial part of the exercise, all taking part were in their ‘agency’ groups, ie Fire, Police, Highways Agency, Local Authorities, Voluntary Agencies, etc.
Then for the main part of the overall exercise all present were split into five LRF groups, representing, Cumbria, Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Lancashire, with some agencies such as NWAS, who have a ‘regional’ footprint roaming between all five of the LRF groups.
Garry and Elaine were within the Greater Manchester LRF group, presenting them with many liaison opportunities.
Both Garry and Elaine report that the exercise was very worthwhile, with yet again the resources and overall flexibilities and capabilities of regional mountain rescue showcased.
Garry and Elaine would like to pass on thanks for the undoubted success of the day to the organiser; Phil Stockford, Emergency Planning Officer, Highways Agency, Network Delivery and Development, North West, and to the exercise facilitator, Peter Ashfield of Ashfield Business Enterprise and Development Limited.
By admin • General news