by admin | Jan 9, 2015 | General news
This weekend sees a small number of team operational members and one Probationer in the Lake District for a social mountaineering weekend, based at the excellent facilities of the Black Sail hostel at the head of Ennerdale. Should be a wet and windy one for... by admin | Jan 9, 2015 | Training
A new year and a new round of continuation training starts for our now fully operational DVSD Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh and his DVSD Search Dog Sasha. Today saw them in training at their usual exercise venue of Pennington Flash Country Park, Leigh. Assisting Dave... by admin | Jan 9, 2015 | Donations
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt of a very kind and thoughtful donation from Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Bank Top, Darwen, Lancashire. In a letter received by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Mrs Jane Hollows, Deputy Head of Holy... by admin | Jan 7, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 11.03hrs this damp, wet and grey morning, we were contacted by GMP for our search assistance to take part in a developing operation to try and locate Mrs Gulabben Nagin Patel of Wigan Road, Deane, Bolton, who had gone missing from her home address in the early... by admin | Jan 5, 2015 | General news
We are delighted and proud to announce that a very valued friend and great supporter of the Bolton MRT, Derek Cartwright, NWAS Director of Operations, has been awarded the Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal in this year’s New Year’s Honours List. Derek has worked for the... by admin | Jan 5, 2015 | General news
Today our Team Training Officer Alistair Greenough and our Equipment Officer – Medical Nigel Booth accompanied brothers Mike (GMFRS USAR and USAR Dog Handler) and Gary Dewar (recently retired from GMFRS after 30years service) onto the moors above Wilderswood,... by admin | Jan 4, 2015 | 2015, Incident
NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) EOC contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE directly this afternoon, requesting any assistance the team could provide, given a very high number of calls upon the services of NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) that were being experienced... by admin | Jan 4, 2015 | General news
Today seven team operational members, Probationers Heath Doran and Steve James, and Support Group member Dave Rees, all attended our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to take down all our Christmas decorations. No doubt the usual little ‘in team’ joke of leaving a Christmas... by admin | Jan 4, 2015 | Donations
On Tuesday 23rd December 2014, we reported within the ‘News’ section of our website that existing team member and former Team Treasurer Mark Scott, had received in the post via Relph’s Funeral Service of Bolton, a large number of donations all made in the memory of... by admin | Jan 3, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 00.33hrs very early this morning the team was paged by GMP regarding our urgent assistance with a developing search for a missing man. The 41 year old man was missing from his Southport home, earlier on Friday 2nd January, and was the subject of a Merseyside Police...