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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Sep 7 2013
Incident 93/2013
At 23:31 this evening the Team was contacted by Greater Manchester Police via SARCALL, who requested the team’s assistance to search for a missing male on the moors above Belmont.
The call was answered by our Team Leader, Garry Rhodes MBE. In discussion with Greater Manchester Police the full team was called out at 23:42 to commence an urgent moorland search. Due to the nature of the incident the team also contacted our colleagues at Rossendale & Pendle MRT and Bowland Pennine MRT. Cheshire Search & Rescue Team were also put on standby in the event that the search continued into the next day.
A car belonging to the missing man, who lives in Horwich, had been found by Police, parked at Hordern Stoops, on the road between Rivington and Belmont.
As the three MRTs were mobilising a hasty search of the immediate area surrounding the car was undertaken by Greater Manchester Police’s Tactical Aid Unit, who were assisted by an NPAS (Police) Helicopter in searching the same area from above.
Happily the male was found at 02:37 by a search party of Rossendale & Pendle MRT members on the Spitler’s Edge path running between Hordern Stoops and Great Hill. He was suffering from hypothermia but was able to walk, assisted by Bolton and Rossendale team members, back to the rendezvous point at Hordern Stoops. The party arrived back at the car park at 03:08 and the man was then taken to Royal Bolton Hospital by an NWAS Emergency Ambulance.
The Mountain Rescue Teams involved received a note of thanks from Greater Manchester Police very shortly afterwards, an excerpt of which is reproduced below:
The team also received thanks from the family of the missing man.
This incident involved the following resources:
By admin • 2013, Incident • Tags: SearchUpland