by admin | Jan 31, 2015 | General news
Readers may recall that on Wednesday night, 28th January, we held an exercise centred upon the high moorland car park of Hordern Stoops, which due to thunder, snow and strong winds had to be abandoned part way through. With the terrible weather conditions prevailing... by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | General news
On Thursday 22nd January 2015, we went to the aid of a 12 year old boy who had sustained a serious leg fracture, whilst snow sledging at Rivington (Please see Incident Report 23 – 2015, within our website ‘ news’ pages) Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who was... by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | General news
It is with great sadness, that we announce this evening the news that Jim Wareing, a former team member, recently passed away after a short illness, in his Mallorca home. Jim Wareing, aged 58 at the time, retired from the team in March 2005, leaving to take up... by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | General news
This morning at 08.57hrs, the team was paged by NWAS (GM)Parkway EOC, requesting the teams availability status, with regards to the heavy snowfalls occurring in parts of Greater Manchester, and the likely impacts on the provision of NWAS’s normal activities. Our Team... by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | General news
On Tuesday 31st March 2015, the Bolton MRT will be attending ‘Emergency 999’ being held at LFRS Training Centre, Washington Hall, Euxton Lane, Chorley, Lancashire. This event which is not open to the public, is a multi agency ‘Show and Tell’ day for Category 1 and 2... by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Training
This wintry evening our Team Training Officer Alistair Greenough, had planned an exercise involving basic mountain rescue skills and some navigation work, in and around the Noon Hill area of Rivington Moor. (further details cannot be entered in to, because this... by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Training
SARCALL is the activation and incident logging system – with many other features, increasingly becoming adopted at a national level within MREW. Following on from the MPSRO SARCALL Silver Group exercise of yesterday evening, this evening this same ‘silver Group’ took... by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | General news
The Bolton MRT extends its best wishes to Ben Carter, who has been appointed the new Team Leader of our colleagues at Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team, following the stand down of Les Wilson, the previous incumbent, due to other commitments. by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce this evening, the receipt of a very thoughtful donation of £9.49p from Miss Cheryl McElroy of Darwen, “in lieu of sending Christmas Cards.” The team membership extends its thanks to Miss McElroy for kindly supporting us in this... by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | General news
On Tuesday evening 28th January 2015, a small party of Guides and Leaders from 5th Cheetham Guides, visited us at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, at the end of which they made a kind donation to us of £25.00. This evening our Team Secretary Gillian Gregory received the...