by admin | Feb 9, 2014 | General news
This evening, the team held a social evening at the indoor snow slope of the Chill Factore near to the Trafford Centre, Manchester. Nine team Call Out list members from the absolute beginner (Alistair Greenough) to the expert (Martin Battersby BASI) were out on skis,... by admin | Feb 9, 2014 | General news
This morning, our Trainee SARDA Air Scenting Search Dog Handler Paul Chisholm, with his Trainee Search Dog Bella, assisted by Bolton MRT colleague Chris Weatherhead, journeyed to the Calder Valley SRTs team area to undertake weekly routine Sunday morning SARDA... by admin | Feb 8, 2014 | General news
Further to our report below, entailing our assistance to LFRS in recovering some mislaid Fire Hoses from the fringes of Anglezarke Moor today, this afternoon our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following kind email from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service... by admin | Feb 8, 2014 | General news
In 2011, what was subsequently established as England’s largest wildfire of 2011, saw a massive long running incident centred on a huge area of Anglezarke Moor, by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, assisted by elements of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue... by admin | Feb 8, 2014 | General news
Upto re-establishing its association with this event last year, the team had not been associated with the annual and very long running, well established Anglezarke Amble event, excellently organised by West Lancashire Long Distance Walkers Association, for some years... by admin | Feb 7, 2014 | General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following kind email from Stuart Jones, the climber who suffered a serious injury at Cadshaw Castle Rocks last Sunday, 2nd February, our Incident 18. (Please see website ‘News’ report dated the same)... by admin | Feb 7, 2014 | General news
Further to our report of yesterday, Thursday 6th February, Dave Marsh our Trainee Drowned Victim Search Dog Handler and Trainee DVSD Dog Sasha, repeated their visit of yesterday, returning once again today, this time alongside Dave’s colleague (a Police Dog handler)... by admin | Feb 7, 2014 | General news
Commencing this morning, Friday 7th February, until Sunday 9th February, Team member Steve Nelson (SARDA Wales) well known to our readers as a Mountain Rescue Trailing Dog Handler, his specialist Trailing Dog Boris, and Bolton MRT Team member Elaine Gilliland... by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | General news
This evening three team representatives attended the quarterly meeting of our regional representative mountain rescue organisation, namely the MPSRO (Mid Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation) Held at the usual and long established venue of Rossendale and Pendle MRTs... by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | General news
Given that Team members Mike Marsh and Steve Fletcher are both Scout Leaders with the 25th Bolton Scout Group, it is no surprise that the Scout Group annually visits the team, to allow the newer Scouts to find about about our work, and those who have visited before to...