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 8 2012
Team in Joint Training Exercise with GMFRS Bolton Borough resources
Further to an initial meeting with GMFRS Red Watch, Horwich Fire Station on Tuesday 13th November 2012, at which our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and very experienced team call out list member Gyles Denn discussed with GMFRS Horwich Red Watch Manager Craig Lunt, the possibility of a Joint rope training exercise, today all came together for just such an exercise.
Yesterdays snow had largely melted from the local moorlands but there was still plenty of ice around at the moorland quarry exercise venue of Wilton 1 Quarry just off Scout Road.
The scenario, planned and set up by Gyles Denn, saw a passer by down climbing to render assistance to an adult and a child who had slipped over the quarry edge landing injured on a rock ledge.
The passer by had become stranded, prompting an emergency call to the Fire Service.
They in turn requested the Bolton MRT to attend to rescue the seriously injured adult and uninjured child on the rock ledge.
The exercise was played out in ‘real time,’ with the opportunity taken to compare rescue approaches and methods used by GMFRS and Bolton MRT within this scenario.
The RVP was on Scout Road, with all assembling at this RVP by 09.45hrs which included Fire Appliances from Bolton Central and Horwich Fire Stations, and Bolton MRT members.
A further Mobilisation saw GMFRS resources responding fro Bolton North Fire Station, who met at the Wilton arms Public house at the base of the quarry.
By mid day all elements of the exercise had been successfully completed, with much interest in the mountain rescue element being shown by the GMFRS personnel present.
The following resources were involved in this exercise;
The Bolton MRT welcomes the opportunity to train with our colleagues in GMFRS and looks forward to more joint training opportunities.
By admin • General news