by admin | Jan 20, 2016 | General news
On Tuesday 15th December 2015, we opened our latest recruitment drive for those interested in joining the operational membership of the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team (please click here for a direct link to the report published on Tuesday 15th December 2015) Already we...
by admin | Jan 20, 2016 | Training
Today long serving team member and Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh, attended a full day course in Civil Protection Training at GMP Force Headquarters in Manchester. Alongside Chris on this course were GMP Officers from various different departments and...
by admin | Jan 18, 2016 | General news
Whilst responding to an emergency via Whitefield yesterday (17/01/2016), a liveried Bolton MRT vehicle with its emergency warning equipment activated was hit in the windshield by a ball of ice. The team’s volunteers were responding to the second of three snow-related...
by admin | Jan 18, 2016 | General news
Following the three incidents we attended yesterday, on Sunday 17th January, a large amount of team kit was in need of cleaning and drying. Unfortunately as we arrived back at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ at the conclusion of the third consecutive incident, we were...
by admin | Jan 17, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 15.43hrs this snowy afternoon, whilst still present at Incident 17/2016 at Whitefield, we were paged by NWAS (Cumbria and Lancashire) Broughton EOC, to respond to assist with an incident at Prestolee, Bolton. A woman walker, aged 45, had fractured her ankle, whilst...