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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May 14 2014
Incidents galore around Wayoh Reservoir for this evenings weekly training exercise
Meeting at Batridge Road car park between Turton and Entwistle and Wayoh Reservoirs, this warm sunny evening saw team members assemble for a ‘round robin’ casualty exercise around the top end of Wayoh Reservoir.
Three exercise casualty sites challenged the twenty five team Call Out list members taking part this evening in a small number of parties.
Organised by our Training Officer Neil “why have one exercise casualty when many will do” Warburton, and under the control of Paul Copley, the parties were sent out to the three exercise casualty locations.
Each had an experienced and appropriate team member overseeing the location; Team Doctor Mark Jeffrey, with exercise casualty and colleague team member Michael Eddleston, presented all with a serious leg fracture to deal with.
Fellow Team Doctor Richard Moss, oversaw Support Group member Iain Clarkson mimic an Angina condition, whilst Alistair Greenough (A Senior Accident and Emergency Nurse) presented arriving team members with two young teenage boys, one of whom had witnessed the other have a serious mountain bike ‘accident,’ resulting in a head injury, knee and leg injury and shoulder injury! (Thanks to Tom Warburton the 14 year old son of our Training Officer Neil Warburton, once again for his acting skills, and Tom’s friend; Henry for playing the role very convincingly of having witnessed a nasty accident)
Tonight saw the local midges on their first evening of the year starting to disrupt us with their biting (Midge Nets and Repellents to hand for next week!)
We would like to thank the many passing runners, mountain bikers and walkers who had to step around us at some of the exercise sites and for their kind words of support in the work we do in the local area.
At the end of tonight’s excellent exercise the Cross Guns at Egerton beckoned.
Next weeks exercise has as its scenario a ‘typical for us’ urban rescue including a difficult to access location.
By Paul Brain • Training