by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | Donations
We are pleased to announce today the receipt of a very generous £150.00 donation via the Charities Aid Foundation. The kind benefactor, who wishes to remain anonymous, but is a valued and much appreciated supporter of the team, has requested that this donation be set... by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 12.20hrs early this afternoon, the team received a SARCALL request for the services of our specialist Trailing Search Dog, from Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team. Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE initially liaised at 12.23hrs with his colleague Team Leader Kev... by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | Training
As promised in our report of Sunday 7th September 2014, please find below a short report by our Trainee Air Scenting Search Dog Handler Jess Ellsmore on her recent training weekend away with SARDA England, along with of course her Trainee Search Dog Blitz. “On Friday... by admin | Sep 10, 2014 | Training
This evening, our Team Life Vice President (And founder team member in 1968!) Alan James ably assisted by team member Steve O’Hara, presented our membership with an evening exercise scenario of a missing father and his two daughters, last seen near to a large lake in... by admin | Sep 10, 2014 | General news
On Friday 6th June 2014, we were involved in an incident involving a very seriously injured male mountain biker at Clifton Country Park, at which we worked together with NWAA and NWAS personnel to treat and evacuate the injured cyclist (Please see website ‘News’... by admin | Sep 9, 2014 | General news
The team has a small number of operational membership vacancies it wishes to fill in late 2014. Please carefully read how to go about this below: If you are interested then please apply on line using the on line initial membership application form available within the... by admin | Sep 9, 2014 | General news
Regular readers of our website may recall that on Thursday 31st July we announced that Councillor Richard Silvester, the Town Mayor of Horwich, had kindly chosen Bolton Mountain Rescue Team as one of his charities to support for his year in Office, which commenced on... by admin | Sep 9, 2014 | General news
We are pleased to have received the following very kind comments via our Facebook pages, in regards to our involvement in Incident 79 of Sunday 7th September 2014, when we dealt, alongside NWAS and NWAA, with a seriously injured mountain biker at Roddlesworth ; From... by admin | Sep 9, 2014 | General news
In the teams very early days a solitary cloth badge constituted the teams uniform / identity. In June 1985, a Team woollen sweater was introduced in to the membership, dark blue with two light blue chest stripes ….. and current team member Mike Marsh and our Team... by admin | Sep 8, 2014 | Donations
Further to the report already published yesterday evening, below is an additional report from Paul Copley, our Equipment Officer – Base / HQ who attended the Bolton Lads and Girls Club Charity donation evening, on Sunday 7th September. “Upon arriving at the Platinum...