by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | 2014, Incident
Our third and last serious incident of this Good Friday, commenced with a pager call ay 16.01hrs to the team from NWAS (Manchester) EOC Parkway, following their receipt of a 999 call from a group of young teenagers. One of the teenagers had sustained a lower leg...
by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | 2014, Incident
Our second serious incident of the day commenced at 14.49hrs, with NWAS (Lancashire) EOC Broughton Air Desk contacting our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE by mobile phone, with the reports of an accident to a woman on a bridleway in the area of Rivington and Blackrod...
by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | 2014, Incident
Whilst present in the Rivington Pike area for the Good Friday festivities (See below ‘News’ report) at circa 13:45, team members were alerted to an 11 year old girl, who had stumbled on the side of Rivington Pike, falling on to a stone and sustaining a very serious...
by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | General news
Today nineteen Team Call Out list members assembled at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ at 10.30hrs for a briefing before departing for our annual presence at the Good Friday festivities centred upon the West Pennine Moors landmark of Rivington Pike. Every Good Friday a...
by admin | Apr 17, 2014 | General news
This morning saw our Trainee DVSD (Drowned Victim Search Dog) Handler, former SARDA England Air Scenting Handler and NSARDA Secretary, long serving Bolton MRT member Dave Marsh, carrying out further training with Trainee DVSD Dog Sasha, assisted by colleague Bolton...
by admin | Apr 17, 2014 | General news
On Monday 31st March and Tuesday 1st April 2014, the Bolton MRT took part in a search operation in regards to a missing 31 years old man. Very sadly on Thursday 3rd April, the body of the man was located in the Peel Green, Eccles, area. Working alongside GMP, we were...
by admin | Apr 16, 2014 | General news
Postponed due to the Call Out of Tuesday 1st April 2014, our first Team Council meeting since our March AGM took place this evening at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ. Our Team Council (Committee) meetings are always held on Tuesday evenings at regular periods...
by admin | Apr 15, 2014 | General news
This Good Friday the team will be out and about around Rivington and Rivington Pike in regards to the large number of visitors anticipated to the area for the Annual Rivington Pike Fair and the long standing tradition on Good Friday in Bolton, Horwich, Chorley and...
by admin | Apr 15, 2014 | Donations, General news
On Wednesday 26th March 2014, we reported within the ‘News’ section of our website on the receipt by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE in the post of two very kind donations amounting to £150.00 in memory of the late Mrs Eugenie May Jenkins, who lived in Horwich....
by admin | Apr 15, 2014 | General news
At this weekend’s SARDA Wales AGM in Llanberis, Bolton MRT team member (And former Bolton Team Training Officer) Elaine Gilliland, was made an Honorary member of SARDA Wales. This honour was made in recognition of Elaine’s work and assistance with SARDA Wales,...