by admin | Jul 29, 2015 | Donations
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a letter from Mr Ken Arstall, of Standish, Wigan, enclosing a very kind £50.00 donation to the Bolton MRT. Ken explained within his letter; “We sold some of my photographs in the Globe Inn, Standish, thanks to the kind... by admin | Jul 27, 2015 | Donations
We would like to acknowledge yet another wonderful donation from a dear friend and supporter of the Bolton MRT who wishes to remain anonymous. Your very sincere and thoughtful latest donation of £50.00 is truly appreciated by all the team membership. by admin | Jul 26, 2015 | Donations
During the visit to our Base / HQ today by our dear friend Jim Fletcher BEM in the company of his partner June, Jim presented the team with a wonderful personal £500.00 donation, stating how he and June are very thankful and appreciate everything the team does. The... by admin | Jul 26, 2015 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This morning at 09.30hrs operational and Support Group team members started assembling at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a very special day in this years team calendar. For the full week beforehand, all our vehicles had been given an extra special clean, our Base /... by admin | Jul 23, 2015 | Training
Following yesterdays detailed report on the exploits of the water team, here follows a report from Alistair Greenough on the training undertaken by the rope team. Tonight 17 team members undertook the second of four rope rescue training sessions at GMFRS Bolton North... by admin | Jul 22, 2015 | Training
For tonights regular Wednesday night training, the team once again split into two groups, with the rope team training with Alistair Greenough and Nigel Booth at Bolton North Fire Station, and the water team returning to High Rid Reservoir, tackling a scenario set by... by admin | Jul 19, 2015 | General news
On Sunday afternoon 26th July 2015, we are welcoming to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ a very special VIP visitor in Sharman R Birtles JP, DL. The High Sheriff of Greater Manchester 2015 – 2016. Sharman is visiting the team, alongside her husband Grahame to learn more... by admin | Jul 19, 2015 | General news
After first dealing with getting through the myriad road closures and diversions in place for today’s Bolton Ironman Event, commencing at 11.00hrs today, 8x team call out list full members and 1x trainee team member, met at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for our... by admin | Jul 18, 2015 | 2015, Incident
This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS Parkway EOC, requesting the team’s assistance with an injured mountain biker on one of the mountain bike trails in Phillips Park, Prestwich. A 45 years old male mountain biker, whilst... by admin | Jul 18, 2015 | General news
This morning at 09.00hrs team members gathered at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to collect vehicles and journey on to this year’s Darwen 2015 Town Centre 999 Day. We had on display all four of our Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulances, our Ford Transit...