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 16 2013
Incident 73/2013
At 14.53hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Lancashire) EOC Broughton / Helimed Airdesk despatcher, to request that the team attend an incident involving a male mountain biker with a serious shoulder injury on the ‘Roddlesworth’ side of Darwen Moor.
The North West Air Ambulance ‘Helimed 72’ from City Airport Manchester, was also en route.
With team members present providing Standby Rescue Cover for the ‘Horwich Festival of Racing,’ (See website report below) an immediate response was made, with our BM3 Mountain Rescue Land Rover Ambulance with five team members on board, going mobile at 14.55hrs.
Alongside our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon, who also responded, our BM3 arrived at the incident location roadside RVP at 15.12hrs.
Thankfully Helimed 72 had managed to land earlier near to the casualty, and as our Land Rover headed up the moorland track, the casualty was able to walk with aid downhill the short distance to Helimed 72.
The male had sustained a suspected fractured right Clavicle, and also had head and back cuts and grazes.
Helimed 72 lifted off at 15.33hrs with the casualty on board for the short flight to Royal Blackburn Hospital.
A responding NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Ambulance was stood down en route.
Team member Mark Scott rode the injured mans mountain bike back to Roddlesworth Information Centre, alongside the injured mans companion who had made the initial 999 call.
By admin • 2013, Incident • Tags: MountainBiker