Incident 24/2006

Incident 24/2006

At 14:35, LAS Control contacted our Team Leader directly for assistance following reports of a lady with a leg injury on the moorland slopes at the rear of the Rivington Hall Barn, Rivington. The 9 members in 4 vehicles at White Coppice (see previous incident report)...
Incident 24/2006

Incident 23/2006

At 13:24 the team was contacted directly by LAS Control, who already knew we were out and about in our team area, to respond to an incident at White Coppice. LAS Control was informed this area falls under the operational cover of our colleagues at Bowland Pennine MRT...
Incident 24/2006

Joint exercise with Bowland Pennine MRT

Each year our colleagues at Bowland Pennine MRT organise an exercise at the end of January to which there is an open invite to other teams to attend. Today our Training Officer Fred Taylor and four other Bolton MRT members journeyed to the Trough of Bowland to take...
Incident 24/2006

Donation from the MPSRO

At the Mid Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation (our regional representative body) meeting of this evening it was decided to share out the financial assets of the MPSRO, aside from a small amount retained for administrative costs, to the principal teams operating in...
Incident 24/2006

Donation in memory of Tom Sunter

This evening a small number of team members met with Mr John Sunter of Worsley to receive donations to the memory of his son Tom, tragically killed in a kayaking accident late last year in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. Tom, a former pupil of Bolton...