by admin | Jul 28, 2014 | 2014, General news, Incident
Late this warm sunny morning a party of five men were visiting the moorland fringe Pickup Bank Reservoir, Waterside, in the Eccleshill area of Darwen, when one of the group slipped down the very steep dam embankment. The 43 years old male from Colne sustained head,... by admin | Jul 27, 2014 | General news
Today we attended GMFRS Broughton Community Fire Station Open Day in Salford, and with clear sunny and very warm weather, huge crowds flocked to this event from the local community. Seven Team Call Out list members were present, consisting of our Team Leader Garry... by admin | Jul 26, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 12.06hrs this very warm (28c) and sunny day, we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) EOC Parkway, regards a mountain biking accident in the vicinity of Rivington Pike. The call was answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, with a fully detailed pager call out being... by admin | Jul 26, 2014 | General news
The team membership extends its full congratulations to team newly weds, call out list member Steve O’Hara and his new bride Ellise, who were married this fine sunny morning at St Pauls Peel Church, Little Hulton, Worsley, Manchester. Present from the team, at the... by admin | Jul 23, 2014 | General news
Tonight the team’s Wednesday evening training exercise took in the strenuous ascent of Winter Hill from the Wards’ Reservoir car park at Belmont. Starting at 260m above sea level, 20 team members were timed as they set off in the very warm summer’s... by admin | Jul 23, 2014 | General news
On Saturday 28th June 2014, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson and his Bolton MRT colleague, navigator Elaine Gilliland, alongside of course Boris, were involved in a search in the Llandudno area of North Wales for a missing 49 years old male... by admin | Jul 22, 2014 | Donations
We have today received a generous cheque donation of £50.00 from Miss Sylvia Silver of Horwich and wish to express our gratitude for this kind contribution to our funds. The thanks of the entire team membership are extended to Miss Silver for her kind support of... by admin | Jul 22, 2014 | 2014, General news, Incident
At 17:57 this evening we were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service (Air Desk) with the initial report of two walkers and some sheep apparently stuck in the marshes on the track between Rivington Pike and Winter Hill. As team members began to respond to our... by admin | Jul 22, 2014 | 2014, Incident
Early this afternoon, at 13.30hrs, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, (A member of SARDA Wales) received a SARDA availability request to assist in a search in the Calder Valley MRTs operational area for a missing male in the north Halifax... by admin | Jul 21, 2014 | General news
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt via the Charities Aid Foundation, of yet another thoughtful, generous and much appreciated, kind donation of £30.00 from Team friend and very valued supporter, Mr John Thornley of Horwich, Bolton. As ever, all the team...