by admin | Jan 14, 2015 | Training
Commencing at 21.15hrs, Team Equipment Officer – IT and Communications Steve Fletcher, delivered to twenty nine colleague team members this evening, at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, a revision session / overview session, on the current use of ‘airwave’ handsets in... by admin | Jan 14, 2015 | General news
Commencing at 20.00hrs, this very wet and gale force winds, stormy evening, assembled team members met at our Ladybridge hall Base / HQ to carry out a large variety of kit and maintenance checks. Misplaced karabiners (what are they doing in this bag) were ‘re-found,’... by admin | Jan 14, 2015 | Training
Seven of our probationers tonight met at 19.00hrs at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, for the near to concluding parts of their eight session long probationary training period, since first attending the team on Thursday evening, 23rd October 2014. In a session conducted... by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | General news
We last held a team membership recruitment drive in Autumn 2014, and as a result we currently have seven persons with the team as ‘Probationary’ members, prior to a selection being made as to who progresses on to our one year long ‘Trainee Team membership’ period. As... by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | Donations
Not previously reported, has been the wonderful festive donation of £25.00 from Mr P Roome and his wife Mrs A Roome, both of Swinton. Both are neighbours of our Chairman Craig Lamb, and have previously kindly supported the Bolton MRT. We wish to extend our thanks to... by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | General news
Not previously reported, has been a very kind festive donation of £25.00 from Mrs Jenny Marsh of Bolton. Jenny is the mother of our DVSD Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh, and is a very valued and appreciated long time supporter of the Bolton MRT and her son David’s (His... by admin | Jan 11, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 13.50hrs this cold and damp wintry afternoon, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was directly contacted by the NWAS EOC Broughton Air Desk despatcher, requesting the team’s immediate attendance at a moorland incident on Spitlers Edge, above Hordern Stoops, on... by admin | Jan 11, 2015 | General news
This morning at 10.45hrs team members met at our GMFRS Bolton Central Community Fire Station garage, where we house our Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulance, radio call sign ‘Bolton Mobile 2,’ and our Volkswagen Crafter Incident Control Vehicle, radio call... by admin | Jan 11, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Early this morning, raising at 04.45hrs, our DVSD Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh met up with colleague Bolton MRT team member Dave Cook (our Equipment Officer – Water) at 05.30hrs our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to journey up to Dumfries to take part in an on going... by admin | Jan 10, 2015 | General news
Of interest and for the information of our many readers, the attached leaflet has been issued under the auspices of the Inland Consultative Committee to provide advice to the public on requesting Search and Rescue assistance within the United Kingdom. Who to Call...