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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Aug 21 2015
Team Call Out Membership news
Two experienced team call out list members have recently left the team after giving us valued and committed service.
Mike O’Brien, who joined the team in February 2008, started in the outdoors originally with the Air Cadets.
During his team membership Mike spent some time as a Team Council member in the elected position of Equipment Officer – Ropes and Stretchers.
He also helped with many building maintenance tasks to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, and was recently involved in the selection of some new team member kit issue items, namely new helmets and waterproof mountain jackets.
With the birth this month of another baby in his young family, Finley (his fourth child – all boys), and a recent change in his employment adding more responsibilities, combined with another impending complete career change, when in October he joins the full time emergency services, Mike has decided to leave the team for family reasons and to concentrate on his future employment.
David Crawford joined the team in November 2010 from a mountaineering background, and with recent retirement from his consultancy work, has been spending more time with his family, immediate past and planning future trips – having recently summited Kilimanjaro.
David, as with Mike, was a regular and reliable attender at team call outs, training and other team commitments.
David over the last few years in the team has been helping our Secretary Gillian Gregory, ‘source willing volunteers’ from the team to speak at and help at our many lectures – such was David’s gentle nature in asking that few could ever refuse!
Both had a wealth of experience on a great many incidents attended by the team, and also had particular interests in mountain rescue medical care issues.
The team membership wishes both Mike and David all the best in their futures beyond the team membership, David in his retirement and future outdoor activities and trips abroad, and Mike with his young family and in his future emergency services employment.
By Steven Fletcher • General news