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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Jun 15 2013
Team displays at GMFRS Horwich Fire Station Open Day
Today the team was on display at GMFRS Horwich Fire Station during its Annual Open Day.
We attended with our BM2 Mountain Rescue Land Rover Ambulance, and our BM5 Minibus / Crewbus Ambulance.
Thankfully despite the threatening grey clouds, only intermittent light rain showers marred an otherwise warm and sunny day.
Other organisations and vehicles on display, included the Horwich based Water Pump Appliance, the new GMFRS Community Display vehicle, the British Red Cross Fire Emergency Support Service vehicle, and the Salvation Army Catering Unit.
Face painting, a bouncy castle, hoselines to squirt at a ‘burning buliding’ and lots of blue lights and sirens managed to keep the many visitors to the Open Day, young and old alike entertained.
A VIP visitor in the guise of the Mayor of Horwich, Councillor Christine Root, spent some time chatting with us at our display.
Our Support Group members present included Gillian Gregory, Sarah Hindle and Andrew Keyworth.
From the operational call out list came Trainee members Martin Battersby, Jess Ellsmore and Michael Wakerley, and full call Out list members Gill Leigh, Ana Toole, Chris Tennant and Steve O’Hara.
(Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE with his family and our Life Vice President Alan James also called in to say hello)
We met up with team friends GMFRS Watch Manager (Horwich) Craig Lunt and GMFRS Station Officer (Bolton North) Wayne Guffogg, not forgetting GMFRS Watch Manager (Horwich) Glynn McGann, a former experienced Bolton MRT team member.
Our ‘Guess the Name of the Meerkat’ competition raised £46.50p today, £31.90p was raised from our sales of second hand books and Bolton MRT wristband sales made £5.00. (A grand total of £83.40p from the kindness of visitors to our display)
During the day, the team took place in a joint RTC exercise demonstration with the GMFRS Fire crews, illustrating the removal of an injured person from a vehicle which had been involved in an ‘accident.’
Team Trainee member Martin Battersby played the injured party, who was ‘cut’ out of the car, with team member Chris Tennant providing ‘casualty care’ whilst the attendant fire fighters firstly secured the car, and then removed the roof allowing Martin to be extricated safely.
We are also present at the following GMFRS Fire Station Open Days this year; Irlam on Monday 26th August, Bolton Central on Saturday 31st August, and Bolton North (Crompton Way) at a date yet to be arranged in October.
By admin • General news