Runners and walkers are the group at most risk of accidental drowning in the UK - 77 people died in 2016 because they fell in the water whilst out for a run or a walk #BeWaterAware pic.twitter.com/AfUVuX1WGz
This week we will be supporting @NFCC_FireChiefs Drowning Prevention Weekand Water Safety Week. Look out for safety advice and information and #BeWaterAware
Details to follow if we can. pic.twitter.com/TiJcRqN5IC
20: Callout Saturday 14th April 2018 kmrt.org.uk/20-callout-sat…
#simonyates giving a lecture to raise funds for our #50thAnniversary pic.twitter.com/LHZ7fykguV
Bank holidays may mean time off for many, but for our crew it can mean even more call outs. On Sunday alone, we attended 11 missions! Here's one of the many we attended, in @TheBoltonNews, all thanks to your support. A huge thank you to @BoltonMRT too! bit.ly/2GwNjqm
Call out. Details to follow. pic.twitter.com/LZnaYvGdYV
Huge thank you to everyone who donated or entered our competition today. We raised just over £540, which is just amazing! All mountain rescue teams are run by volunteers and all the money to keep our teams running has to be raised. We truly appreciate you supporting us. Thanks
Wow there’s so many of you up at Rivington Pike! This is the place to be!!! We’ll be here up until four so pop up and see us. pic.twitter.com/Ihfh9ffx9G
Mar 21 2015
Two Bolton MRT team members attend this weekends Cheshire SART Search Technicians Course
Yesterday evening, Friday 20th March, Team Trainee member Neil Haigh and very experienced, very long serving team member Mike Marsh, departed for Sandiway Scout Camp, Cheshire, to take part in the Cheshire SART organised annual ‘Search Technicians Course,’ recognised by ALSAR.
This annual weekend course is organised and facilitated by Cheshire SART, and this years course includes trainees / students from Cheshire SART, Merseyside SART and the sole Bolton MRT student, our very own Neil Haigh.
Instructors have been drawn mainly from Cheshire SART, with some external lecturers.
Bolton MRT team member Mike Marsh had been kindly invited and is attending as a full time course mentor.
This weekend course, due to end tomorrow, Sunday 22nd March 2015, consists of a series of classroom lectures, table top exercises and outdoor exercises.
The sessions have included search skills, searcher spacing, the different types of searches, detection versus recognition, search patterns, bank side (water) searching, note taking, briefing and debriefing, human factors, stretcher handling, personal equipment, expectations of external agencies, and this evening, a three hour long practical search exercise.
A full report on this weekend will be posted within our website ‘News’ soon.
By Paul Brain • Training •