by admin | Jun 7, 2015 | Training
Today team member and trainee mountain rescue air scenting dog handler Jess Ellsmore, along with her trainee search dog Blitz, returned from this months SARDA (England) training weekend. by admin | Jun 7, 2015 | General news
Once again, the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team wishes to extend its grateful thanks to the Fire Brigade Society for two complimentary copies of their latest interesting and informative journal, ‘Fire Cover,’ Issue no.208, May 2015, The Official Journal of the Fire... by admin | Jun 7, 2015 | General news
Every year the pupils, some of their parents and the teachers at Belmont Primary School, take part in a sponsored walk, which has raised over the years a very considerable sum of money for various charities, ourselves included. This year’s money is to be used to buy a... by admin | Jun 6, 2015 | Safety Cover
Today the team was very pleased to have been associated once again for the third year running, with the Bolton Hill Marathon event. Organised by Phil Eccleston from Bolton, todays event took in a course from Moss Bank Park in Bolton, north across the moors to White... by admin | Jun 5, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Just after noon today, our colleagues at Rossendale and Pendle MRT were contacted by Lancashire Constabulary for their teams assistance with a search for a missing 23 year old male in the Accrington area, in circumstances giving Police cause for concern for his... by admin | Jun 4, 2015 | General news
Now held twice yearly, the GMESLG serves to unite all the statutory emergency Services working in Greater Manchester with the mountain rescue teams which assist them, discussing procedures, incidents, developments and items of mutual interest. The participating... by admin | Jun 4, 2015 | Safety Cover
This very sunny and warm evening the team provided standby rescue cover for the annual Henderson’s End Fell Race, organised as ever by Lostock Athletics Club. The route this year followed the same route as the previous two years, taking in the Old Kates Dingle track... by admin | Jun 3, 2015 | Donations
Today we are very pleased to announce that the team has received yet another thoughtful and kind donation, this time of £50.00 from the congregation and members of Deane United Reformed Church, 385 Wigan Road, Bolton, BL3 4QJ. Derek Jones, Treasurer / Elder of the... by admin | Jun 3, 2015 | Training
Our readers are by now well aware that we are currently in the process of reviewing our rope access training, which is a direct follow on to the training received on the recent visit by five team members to Lyon Equipment on Saturday 18th April 2015 (Please see... by admin | Jun 2, 2015 | General news
Today our Treasurer Martin Banks received the following news from the AVIVA Community Grant scheme; “Dear Martin, Thank you for submitting a project to the Aviva Community Fund. Unfortunately your project has not received enough votes to make it through to the Finals....