by admin | Feb 15, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 00:33 in the early hours of this cold and wet morning, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by Peter Goble, Team Leader Rossendale & Pendle MRT, requesting the team’s assistance with a developing urgent search for a missing 13 year old boy in... by admin | Feb 15, 2014 | General news
Today our friends and colleagues at Cheshire Search and Rescue Team and Norfolk Lowland Search and Rescue Team have joined a major mobilisation of ALSAR (Association of Lowland Search and Rescue) assets to assist with the severe flooding situation in the south of the... by admin | Feb 14, 2014 | Donations, General news
On Thursday evening 6th February 2014, members of 25th Bolton Scout Group held one of their regular visits to the Bolton MRT, visiting our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ. (Please see website ‘News’ report dated the same) This evening we were pleased to hear... by admin | Feb 14, 2014 | General news
This morning our Mountain Rescue Trailing Dog Handler Steve Nelson (A member of SARDA Wales) his Trailing Dog Boris, and Bolton MRT Team member Elaine Gilliland, who regularly acts operationally as Steve’s navigator on search operations, and assists with SARDA... by admin | Feb 13, 2014 | General news
Today Our Team President Bob Hutchinson, (A former Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader) and Team Call Out list member Matthew Hailwood, journeyed to RL Hughes Primary School, Mayfield Street, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan. There follows an account of the visit by Bob... by admin | Feb 13, 2014 | General news
This evening, our Trainee SARDA Air Scenting Search Dog Handler Paul Chisholm, with his Trainee Search Dog Bella, assisted by Bolton MRT colleagues Chris Weatherhead and Nigel Booth (Our Equipment Officer Medical), journeyed to the Calder Valley SRTs team area to... by admin | Feb 13, 2014 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce a kind £5.00 anonymous gift donation with thanks via the Charities Aid Foundation. by admin | Feb 13, 2014 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce a very kind donation of £118.75p via the Charities Aid Foundation. The donation has been made in the donor name of Miss Amanda Smart, from the SAS Business Group Limited, Blackhouse Road, Colgate, Horsham, West Sussex.... by admin | Feb 12, 2014 | 2014, Incident
Today the North West was hit by a particularly severe storm, with worsening conditions and extreme winds as the afternoon progressed. As a result our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was in liaison with Greater Manchester Police and the NWAS (Greater Manchester Area)... by admin | Feb 11, 2014 | General news
Our Team Support Group will be out all day on Saturday 15th February, holding our first Collection Day event of 2014. The venue is the Tesco Store at The Ellesmere Shopping Centre, Walkden, Worsley, with thanks to the Stores Community Champion Elaine Fox. Many of our...