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 9 2012
Incident 94/2012
Following a notification call yesterday evening, this morning our specialist Trailing Search Dog Boris and his handler, Bolton MRT member Steve Nelson (SARDA Wales) journeyed from their Bury home, leaving at 09.00hrs, to join in a search operation co-ordinated by Buxton MRT in the Errwood Reservoir area of the Goyt Valley for a missing male.
Steve was joined by our Training Officer Elaine Gilliland, who acted as his navigator for his part in this search operation.
Other MRT and SARDA assets were also involved in this search operation, alongside Police resources.
By 13.00 Steve had returned home, his part (And that of Boris) in the search having concluded.
Later this same afternoon, Steve and Boris (Without Elaine this time) were called to lend their specialist support to another (Unrelated) MRT search operation in the Hollingworth Lake area of Littleborough, but after leaving his home address at circa 15.15hrs he was stood down responding as no longer required. (This second call is recorded here for information and interest only and does not feature in our ‘Incident Listings.’)
The following report with regards to the above search operation within the Goyt Valley, appeared on our national Mountain Rescue England and Wales website on Monday 10th December 2012, and is reproduced here for the further information of our readers:
Major Goyt Valley Search For Poynton Man
A major search was launched in the Goyt Valley on Saturday 8th December following the discovery of a car belonging to a man from Poynton, Cheshire.
Cheshire police became extremely concerned for the welfare of Kevin Bird, 51 years, after he was reported missing from home in Poynton earlier in the day. A police helicopter was tasked to search the area around Errwood and Fernilee reservoirs and police officers from both Cheshire and Derbyshire Constabularies started a search in the immediate vicinity around Errwood Hall car park.
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team, which was fundraising in Castleton at the time, was called out at 1.00 pm and provided thirty volunteers and four search dogs to comb nearby footpaths. Specially trained team members were able to search the water’s edge and the rescue boat from Errwood Sailing Club was of great assistance. A specialist police water search team was also deployed. The search continued into the late evening darkness in freezing conditions and low cloud.
The following day the search resumed at dawn and involved eighty volunteers from Buxton, Kinder and Derby Mountain Rescue Teams. Seven mountain search and rescue dogs also joined the hunt, some travelling from the North East of England. Police specialists on land and water searching were also called in. Heavy rain and the steep terrain of the Goyt Valley hampered the search with all the tributaries to the reservoirs being in flood conditions.
Regrettably, by darkness, no trace of Mr Bird had been found and the rescue teams stood down after a total of over 1,000 man-hours of searching. Roger Bennett, Chairman of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team, said, “We have put a great deal of effort into trying to solve this mystery and we feel sincerely sorry for the family that we have not been able to locate Mr Bird.”
Kevin Bird is described as 6’ 1″ tall, of slim build and believed to be wearing green cargo pants and a white t-shirt. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the police on 101 or anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting Cheshire police incident number 429 of 8th December.
By admin • 2012, Incident • Tags: SearchDog