by admin | Jul 4, 2013 | General news
Regular readers will be aware that we recently introduced in to team operational service our VW Crafter LWB van based Incident Control Vehicle, radio callsign BM6 (Bolton Mobile Six) This vehicle is garaged alongside one of our four specialist Mountain Rescue Land... by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | 2013, Incident
This morning at 11.00hrs our Mountain Rescue Trailing Dog Handler Steve Nelson, who is a member of SARDA (Wales) was contacted to lend his specialist search dog skills to the continuing search operation to locate a 49 year old missing male, last seen at his home... by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Donations, General news
On the extremely wintry evening of Saturday 23rd March 2013, we were called to Foxholes Road, Horwich, to assist an NWAS crew transport an elderly man from his house to an Emergency Ambulance, which due to deep snow and very icy road conditions could not access the... by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Donations, General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received in the post a very kind donation from North Bolton Methodist Mission. A letter from Mrs Sheila Richardson, Assistant Treasurer of North Bolton Methodist Mission stated; “Our members have been raising funds for... by admin | Jul 2, 2013 | General news
This morning six Team Call Out list members met at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ at 09.00hrs to journey to the nearby GMFRS Bolton Central Fire Station to join with GMFRS Fire fighters to assist them with some essential navigation training and to also ‘sit... by admin | Jul 2, 2013 | General news
Following the visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ last night by the 41st Lostock Brownies (A special mention again regards their kind £305.00 donation) – please see website ‘News’ report dated Monday 1st July 2013, this afternoon our... by admin | Jul 1, 2013 | General news
Tonight we were pleased to welcome to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ an interested group of young visitors from 41st Lostock Brownies. The 16x Brownies and 4x leaders were met by experienced Team members Gill Leigh, Ana Toole, Steve O’Hara and Trainee Team member... by admin | Jul 1, 2013 | General news
Sadly we have recently lost experienced Team Call Out list member Andrew (Andy) Kench, principally due to new work commitments. Andy joined the team on 15th February 2007, and brought to us his very relevant experiences as an RSPCA Inspector given his two animal... by admin | Jul 1, 2013 | General news
Our Support Group is now actively seeking new members: Our Support Group members help by lending support to the operational ’Call Out List’ membership on a wide range of activities and events. Our Support Group currently meets on the third Thursday of... by admin | Jul 1, 2013 | General news
We are very pleased to announce our June month end 2013 collection box figures, with £197.78p collected, against £251.93p for June 2012. Our year to date collection box total is £1,352.58p against £1,800.63p for 2012. We currently have 122x...