Great day today with @NPASBarton "B crew" with TL Steve Fletcher as an observer during the day shift - thanks to the crew - more info here facebook.com/BoltonMRT/post…
Thanks to the crew at @NPASBarton for a fantastic day - lots learned! twitter.com/NPASBarton/sta…
Cas care practice with @BoltonMRT. Airway management is going on under there. pic.twitter.com/du2GFRSr3T
Kyah Hammond has links to the Blackburn and Darwen areas - please RT. twitter.com/DerbysPolice/s…
We are recruiting! Have you got what it takes to become a volunteer member of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. Operational membership recruitment for our 2019 intake is now open. For more information please see the attached link:- boltonmrt.org.uk/about-us/mem… pic.twitter.com/4krIj5Yw0c
What a day! Great running everyone! Huge thanks to everyone involved in making the day a success! Special Thanks to @BoltonMRT for supporting the event too! :) results up tomo avo! pic.twitter.com/Z6vK6YaqWf
This is fantastic support for the team, thank you @LancsLadiesFG for selecting us as one of your charities twitter.com/LancsLadiesFG/…
On New Year's Eve, Assistant Team Leader Mark Scott was surprised and delighted to be given a cheque donation for BMRT of £150 by his friend Sarah Horan of Horwich. Thank you, Sarah, that's very generous and much appreciated!
It was a long night for some of our volunteers on duty overnight to support @NWAmb_GMControl @NWAmbulance twitter.com/NWAmb_GMContro…
As 2018 draws to a close, it’s also the end of our 50th Anniversary Year. A huge thank you to everyone that has supported us over the years, especially in 2018. It’s been special year for us and we can’t thank you enough! Happy New Year and hope you all have a fantastic 2019 pic.twitter.com/e0OSv0Bid1
Sep 16 2015
Team training exercise, steep ground stretcher handling
This evening, assembling at 20.00hrs, team members took part in a (very) steep ground stretcher handling exercise, on the steep shale slopes of Shore Gully below Noon Hill, overlooking the moorland road between Rivington and Belmont.
A clear and very starry night with temperatures around 6c means autumn is just around the corner!
Twenty team members deployed for the exercise, using our Bell Mark 3 mountain rescue stretcher, aided by drag lines, on a course which took in very steep bare shale slopes and grassy moorland hillsides.
A further four team members remained at the roadside vehicle RVP.
Team member Kris Kilshaw, who is currently recovering from an operation, was our exercise casualty for the evening, and may even have fallen asleep on the stretcher at one stage!
Concluding at 22.15hrs all team members then enjoyed a social drink at the Jolly Crofters Public house on Chorley Old Road, Horwich.
Next weeks training is an indoors session at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ covering the use of drugs within mountain rescue casualty care in England and Wales.
By Paul Brain • Training •