by admin | Jan 25, 2016 | Donations
Throughout 2015, local brewer Bank Top Brewery and their two public houses, The Brewery Tap on Belmont Road, Bolton, and The Ale House in Church Street, Horwich, have been selling badges in the form of miniature pump clips of their twelve brewed beers to raise funds...
by admin | Jan 24, 2016 | General news
Throughout today a number of team members were present at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for various tasks and some impromptu training. Our Equipment Officer – Ropes and Stretchers Nigel Booth, provided a training session covering some technical rope management skills....
by admin | Jan 24, 2016 | Training
Today our newly graded Mountain Rescue Air Scenting Search Dog Handler Jess Ellsmore with her Search Dog Blitz, took part in some search dog training with colleague SARDA England Dog Handlers in the Norber erratics area of the Yorkshire Dales. Present alongside Jess...
by admin | Jan 24, 2016 | Training
Bolton MRT Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson (who is a member of SARDA Wales) and his Trailing Search Dog Boris, are undertaking their reassessments in March this year, and their need for continual training is more important than ever. This...
by admin | Jan 23, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 20.22hrs this very wet evening, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by the GMP Force Duty Officer in regards to a missing person enquiry within the Bolton area. Our Team Leader then alerted the teams Call Out Contact persons, and then liaised...