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@BoltonMRT demonstrating rope rescue skills at Bolton Central fire station open day. pic.twitter.com/94ECczK8kQ
@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
Exercise #DarkKnight, the biggest exercise in the history of #M62 is on Saturday night. Closures will be in place whilst take this opportunity to train @HighwaysNWEST. @manchesterfire gov.uk/government/new…
Tomorrow evening firefighters and volunteers will be taking part in exercise #DarkKnight on the M62. 🗣️"This exercise is a good opportunity for our crews to carry out imperative training for a major road traffic collision working collaboratively with partner agencies." twitter.com/benlevyfire/st…
BMRT are participating in the very large #DarkKnight multiagency exercise taking place on the M62 tonight - a fantastic opportunity to build relationships and share learning! twitter.com/NWAmbulance/st…
Amazing weather again, we hope you're all having a great day?🌞🌞🌞 Just a reminder of our advice shared yesterday if you are planning a trip to our beautiful moors - with the added bonus of a video featuring our ace station manager, @SwallowDave 🙌 pic.twitter.com/PB6dIEudo5
@LancsTacOps @LancashireFRS @LfrsStc @LancsARV @LancRuralPolice @LancsPolMounted @LancsPolDogUnit Not a complete list by any means, but also present at the @LancashireFRS @LfrsStc open day: @HighwaysNWEST @NWAmbulance @NWAirAmbulance @nwbbll @_LASAR_ @BoltonMRT @BaySARteam @LFRS_USAR @firesearchdogs
Thanks to @Walton_FIRE from @LancashireFRS for visiting us last night to update us on the new Lancashire FRS wildfire burn team capabilities & changing #wildfire picture in the UK & Europe, More on Facebook >> facebook.com/BoltonMRT/phot… #NoMoreBarbequesOnTheMoorsPlease pic.twitter.com/ErjQIRWgUq
Thank you to @mountrescueuk @CalderValleySRT @BoltonMRT @MRSearchDogsEng @woodheadrescue @BPMRT for hosting our Charity Weekend. You truly are unsung heroes! #MREW #MREWDiscovery pic.twitter.com/ifPThXYW4K
Fantastic that a member of the public walking near winter hill contacted @BoltonMRT to raise concern of fire risk from a silver object on moors, great interagency working with @unitedutilities quickly checked object and confirmed as a balloon. #safetymessageswork @LancashireFRS pic.twitter.com/VXKvqGoTKr
Feb 17 2017
Incident 14/2017 – Reported Crashed Air Balloon
At 13:08 today the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service to respond to a potential balloon crash in the vicinity of Darwen Moor.
A member of the public had seen a balloon descend quickly from the opposite side of Darwen and had alerted the emergency services.
Team member Paul Brain was the first person at the rendezvous point at the Sunnyhurst Inn, meeting up with the assembled Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service appliances and NWAS HART team, along with the informant who had reported the crash. Whilst a better idea of the potential crash site was being ascertained, one of the Lancashire Fire & Rescue firefighters found the landing site and confirmed with the balloon pilot it had been a controlled landing and there were no injuries.
The responding Mountain Rescue LandRovers were stood down.
In total 20 Bolton Team Members were responding to this incident. 5 Mountain Rescue Team Members were also responding from Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team.
This is another example of multi-agency working with the North West Ambulance Service, HART, Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service, the North West Air Ambulance and National Police Air Service all involved in this incident.
By Paul Brain • 2017, Incident • • Tags: AircraftCrash