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
Jan 21 2016
Congratulations to Jess and Blitz, the teams third operational, graded mountain rescue Search Dog team, after successfully passing their assessment weekend
Over the last weekend, culminating on Sunday 17th January 2016, in very wintry conditions, at Chew Valley / Dovestones, on the high moorland above Oldham, SARDA England held its January Search Dog assessment course.
Under assessment was Bolton MRT team operational member Jess Ellsmore, who lives in the Standish area, and is a student at Myerscough College, Lancashire.
For the last two years Jess has been training with SARDA England as a Mountain Rescue Air Scenting Search Dog Handler, the other half of the duo being of course Blitz.
We are very happy to report that Jess and Blitz successfully passed the very intensive grading, and have now been declared as an operational SARDA Dog Team, and as such can now be deployed on operational incidents.
Blitz is the third operational Air Scenting SARDA England Search Dog within the history of Bolton MRT, and the fifth operational Mountain Rescue Dog we’ve operated within the Bolton MRT.
Now deceased, our first Air Scenting SARDA England Search Dog was Blue with her Handler Paul Baxendale – who has long left the team, but had a successful career as a SARDA Dog Team.
Blue was joined within a very short period by Air Scenting Search Dog Chi and his Handler Dave Marsh, Chi like Blue had a successful career as a Search Dog, and sadly like Blue has now passed away.
Currently the Bolton MRT operates three types of graded (operational) Mountain Rescue Search Dogs, a fact we think is totally unique within the United Kingdom Mountain Rescue Team framework;
Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Boris, and Handler Steve Nelson, who is a member of SARDA Wales, whilst also a member of Bolton MRT.
Mountain Rescue DVSD / Water (Drowned Victims Search Dog) Search Dog Sasha, and Handler Dave Marsh, who is a member of SARDA Ireland North, whilst also a member of Bolton MRT.
Mountain Rescue Air Scenting Search Dog Blitz, and Handler Jess Ellsmore, who is a member of SARDA England, whilst also a member of Bolton MRT.
Operating all three types of Mountain Rescue graded operational Search Dogs, will now enable the Bolton MRT to offer a unique Search Dog capability, within our day to day responses and elsewhere, wherever and whenever our specialist Dog Handlers and their superb Search dogs are required.
Congratulations Jess from all your colleague team members.
By Paul Brain • General news •