by admin | Feb 6, 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 colleague Mike O’Brien, journeyed once again to the Calder Valley SRTs team area to undertake weekly routine Thursday evening...
by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | General news
Dave Marsh our Trainee Drowned Victim Search Dog Handler and Trainee DVSD Dog Sasha, assisted by team member Alistair Greenough, spent the early part of today carrying out some DVSD training on the waters of Pennington Flash at Leigh, utilising our 3.5 metre long semi...
by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | Donations, General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received within the post a very generous donation of £370.00 to the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. A letter from Mr Jack Best and his wife Mrs Marion Best accompanied this kind donation, stating; “Please accept a...
by admin | Feb 5, 2014 | General news
A full day of heavy rainfall did not bode well for this evenings regular weekly team exercise. Initially facing cancellation due to our being called out (See report for Incident 19 below) and then back on again when we were stood down, the weather forecast was...
by admin | Feb 5, 2014 | General news
This evening at 18:30hrs we welcomed to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ Mark Emmett, Chairman, and Alan Sumner, both members of Radcliffe Athletics Club. Mark and Alan were met by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who welcomed them both to our Base / HQ. Their visit was...
by admin | Feb 5, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 15:17 hours this wet afternoon, Simon Lane, Team Leader of Cheshire Search and Rescue Team contacted directly our Team Leader, Garry Rhodes MBE, for the teams assistance with a search in the Warrington area. Cheshire SRT had been mobilised by Cheshire Constabulary...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | General news
Further to Incident 18 yesterday at Cadshaw Castle Rocks, involving a climber who suffered a suspected dislocated shoulder, our Secretary Gillian Gregory received last night an email from Tim Greenhalgh, who was climbing next to the man who was injured and carried out...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | General news
This last week-end saw our Training Officer Dave Marsh, travelling down to just north west of Canterbury, Kent, having been invited to participate as a lead assessor, on behalf of the National Search and Rescue Dog Association Kent. Readers will recall that Dave is a...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | General news
The Bolton MRT membership extends its warmest congratulations to Les Wilson who has been recently appointed as the new Team Leader for our colleague MPSRO Team, Calder Valley SRT, based in Hebden Bridge and covering the South Pennines. Les takes over from Al Day who...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | General news
We are very pleased to announce our January month end 2014 collection box figures, with £256.22p collected, against £166.19p for January 2013. We currently have 122x collection boxes out and about in the teams operational area and with a small number of...