by admin | May 11, 2015 | General news
Early this afternoon, our Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson was contacted for his assistance by North Wales Police, for a missing 15 year old in Denbigh. Steve, Boris, and Bolton MRT team member Elaine Gilliland, who acts as Steve’s navigator on operational...
by admin | May 11, 2015 | Donations
The following is a report by our Secretary and Support Group member Gillian Gregory, on the ASDA, Brackley Street, Farnworth, store collection day held this Saturday 9th May 2015. “Our team members were busy all day at ASDA in Farnworth holding a charity collection...
by admin | May 11, 2015 | General news
At 20.39hrs on Sunday evening, 10th May 2015, our colleagues at Bowland Pennine MRT requested the possible assistance of our DVSD Handler Dave Marsh and his DVSD Search Dog Sasha in a search operation involving Lancashire Constabulary assets and a Police helicopter...
by admin | May 11, 2015 | General news
Announced on Thursday 7th May 2015, our request to encourage voting for the Aviva Community Fund is steadily gathering momentum, through our many Facebook and Twitter friends. Have you added your vote for us yet?We invite you to do so, please help us now. VOTE for...
by admin | May 10, 2015 | General news
At 20.39hrs this evening, our colleagues at Bowland Pennine MRT requested the possible assistance of our DVSD Handler Dave Marsh and his DVSD Search Dog Sasha in a search operation involving Lancashire Constabulary assets and a Police helicopter from NPAS. Our DVSD...
by admin | May 10, 2015 | General news
Mid Afternoon today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by a GMP Missing Person Search Manager, to discuss the teams possible involvement in an on going search enquiry for a missing person. Initial search area mapping prepared by GMP was passed on,...
by admin | May 10, 2015 | Training
This evening, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, Trailing Search Dog Boris and Elaine Gilliland, who acts as Steve’s navigator on Trailing Search Dog operations, returned from this months SARDA Wales Search Dog training weekend, held at Rhyd...
by admin | May 10, 2015 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This afternoon, eleven team Call Out members in three of our Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulances, and our VW Crafter van based Incident Control Vehicle, attended the 13.00hrs until 15.00hrs Vintage Fair today at Tottington High School, Laurel Street,...
by admin | May 10, 2015 | General news
Further to some links made by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE with Knott End HMCG OIC Tony Johnson whilst jointly attending the recent 999 Emergency Services ‘Show and Tell’ event at Chorley on March 31st 2015 (See website ‘News’ report dated the same) Garry went on...
by admin | May 9, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 22.19hrs this evening, NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) Parkway EOC contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE direct, regarding the possible assistance of the Bolton MRT. An NWAS crew was responding to an incident in the locally named ‘Rabbit Rocks’ area, alongside...