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 16 2013
Update on the training progress of our Trainee DVSD Dog Sasha, and of course her handler Dave Marsh
As readers of our website are probably aware, Bolton MRT Team Training Officer and former SARDA Air Scenting Search Dog handler, (Also current NSARDA Secretary) Dave Marsh is training his dog Sasha to find people who have unfortunately drowned. (DVSD; Drowned Victim Search Dog)
Over the long weekend [Thursday to Saturday evening] Dave has been over in Northern Ireland with Sasha, accompanied by an ex-Police Dog Handler and his dog, who was also on the same course.
Based at the Tollymore Outdoor Centre near Newcastle, Northern Ireland, Dave and the ex-Police Dog Handler met up with Phillip Eichman from Berkshire and Course Leader Neil Powell.
The training involved locating shore based targets before transferring them across into Castlewellan Lake for water based searching.
Once in the boat, an area was indicated for the handler and dog to search with emphasis on how the dog reacted to the differing wind changes over the surface of the lake.
It was pleasing to record that both dogs located the targets [one at 50 metres off shore and approximately 15 metres deep and the other 150 metres out in approximately 20 metres of water].
Consolidation of the training stages took place over the week end, plus additional shoreline searches.
Dave’s thanks go to Neil Powell, John and Rodney [boat crew] who supported them over the weekend.
Dave is now looking forward to the next course early in Spring 2014, when it is hoped that Dave and Sasha will be at the pre-assessment stage.
Also, on Sunday, Dave met with Ken Sloan [a very experienced handler from Search and Rescue Dogs England] and journeyed across to Binbrook [Lincolnshire].
There they met with Hugh Donnelly who is also interested in training his present dog to search for drowned victims.
Hugh is ex Coast Guard and has also been a member of SARDA England, when he was involved in working his fully graded dog Tyke.
Please keep watching this space for updates regarding the progression of all.
By admin • General news