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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May 30 2017
Incident 39/2017 – Assist Rossendale with an incident in Lee Quarry
While departing from the Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue wildfire meeting our Team Leader received an alert message from the North West Ambulance Service requesting MRT assistance for a mountain biker who had injured himself in Lee Quarry near Bacup.
As the vehicle was so close our Team Leader liaised with the leader from Rossendale & Pendle MRT, whose operational area Lee Quarry falls, and we were requested to attend as we were the nearest vehicle. The incident was in Rossendale and Pendle MRT’s area however the two teams are have been working very closely together over the last 14 months providing mutual support to each other which ultimately has led to better care of the casualty as many hands make light work.
The male casualty had a shoulder and back injury and despite significant pain relief from the advanced paramedic on scene was still unable to lie flat due to the pain therefore he would not be able to be transferred in the back of our LandRover ambulance therefore the decision was made to collect Rossendale control vehicle which is 4 wheel drive and drive that as far as possible up the quarry track.
The casualty was then put onto a Bell Mountain Rescue stretcher in a sitting position and carried to the vehicle which had now been configured to carry the stretcher and being a van was big enough for the casualty to remain sitting. He was driven to the land ambulance and once re assessment had been done the decision was made to leave him in the control vehicle and transport him direct to hospital.
This was an excellent example of joined up working between both Rossendale and Bolton teams alongside the North West Ambulance Service.
Many thanks also to the friends and family of the casualty for their assistance on the evening. We wish him a full and speedy recovery.
By Paul Brain • 2017, Incident • Tags: MountainBiker