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A massive thank you to outgoing President Alan Smith @TurtonRotary for supporting our work via a very kind donation of £500. He chose a number of local charities to benefit from the funds raised during his year in office. facebook.com/43382929665243… pic.twitter.com/P0JPWIC2G9
Bolton Sports Federation Ladies’ Rounders League made us their Charity for 2019 donating £2,950. This is an amazing sum & we would like to thank all the players, the Committee & everyone who supported & organised events. #BoltonMRT #MREW #BSFRoundersLeague #rounders #fundraising pic.twitter.com/hi7RF1XZ21
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Donate to BoltonMRT- at no cost to you. Just head over to smile.amazon.co.uk and chose Bolton Mountain Rescue as your chosen charity then shop away like normal. #BoltonMRT #MREW #AmazonSmile #Donations #Giving #BlackFriday #Supporting #Volunteers #EveryPennyHelps pic.twitter.com/lHVqDZErHX
#Callout 0900hrs 16/10/19 with @BoltonMRT @NPASBarton @LancsTacOps and other resources to assist @PrestonPolice with an ongoing missing person search pic.twitter.com/YZ235cwZah
Callout at 21:39 last night to search for a missing 22 yr old female and 15 yr old male (brother and sister) on Winter Hill - working alongside @LancsPolice and @NPASBarton for a successful outcome - full details at facebook.com/BoltonMRT/post… pic.twitter.com/C6OPpwT1P4
@BoltonMRT demonstrating rope rescue skills at Bolton Central fire station open day. pic.twitter.com/94ECczK8kQ
@BoltonMRT taking part in a multi agency exercise with @NWAmb_HART @nwamb @stjohnambulance @HighwaysNWEST @NWmwaypolice standing by at holding point awaiting deployment to the multi vehicle incident exercise #jesip #multiagencyworking pic.twitter.com/9avBQWsYvh
Jan 11 2015
Incident 20/2015 – A very sad outcome to an incident on Spitlers Edge this afternoon
At 13.50hrs this cold and damp wintry afternoon, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was directly contacted by the NWAS EOC Broughton Air Desk despatcher, requesting the team’s immediate attendance at a moorland incident on Spitlers Edge, above Hordern Stoops, on the high point between Rivington and Belmont, within the West Pennine Moors.
The response was to a 999 call received concerning a collapsed 73 year old male.
Two team Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue vehicles already in the team’s operational area were immediately despatched to the initially chosen rescue RVP of Hordern Stoops, whilst a third team Land Rover and our Incident Control vehicle departed from our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ.
At 13.55hrs our first team vehicle arrived at Hordern Stoops, and meeting two informants here (both informants were members of the walking party). Team members immediately despatched on to the high moorland of Will Narr and onwards to the incident location on Spitlers Edge.
The 73 year old male walker, whilst in an organised walking group of ten companions had suffered a collapse, and whilst awaiting the arrival of emergency services, the companions of the collapsed man had carried out continuous CPR.
The NWAA Helimed 72 had also been called, and arrived on scene, landing in very strong winds just prior to the arrival of our first responding members.
Boltn MRT team members working in association with the NWAA air crew Paramedic and Doctor, took over the CPR, whilst drugs were also administered to the collapsed walker.
Despite the very best efforts of all on scene, including the man’s companions, our team members and the NWAA air crew, the man had sadly died on scene.
Firstly his companions were escorted down to Hordern Stoops, and then the man’s body was brought down off the moor, in a mountain rescue stretcher by team members, arriving at the Hordern Stoops roadside car park RVP at circa 15.00hrs.
Here in a sombre and sad but necessary little exchange, the deceased walking companions bade their farewells to their walking friend.
The NWAA Helimed 72 then airlifted our equipment from the hillside back down from the incident site to the roadside RVP at Hordern Stoops.
The ten walking companions of the deceased man, all from an organised walking group from Cheshire, were then taken by two Lancashire Constabulary vehicles to their vehicles that were parked at Abbey Village.
At 15.48hrs, our Incident Control vehicle was the last emergency services resource to leave the RVP at Hordern Stoops.
The team, responding NWAS Emergency Ambulance crew, NWAA air crew, and responding Lancashire Constabulary Officers involved, all wish to express their sincere condolences to the wife, family and walking companions of the man involved.
The following resources were involved in this sad rescue incident:
By Steven Fletcher • 2015, Incident • • Tags: WalkerRambler