by admin | Jun 19, 2013 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a kind £200.00 donation from Greater Manchester Police, Bolton Division. In a letter to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE accompanying this donation, Chief Superintendent David Hull, GMP Divisional Commander,... by admin | Jun 18, 2013 | General news
In todays Bolton News the following story appeared, in which the family of the man involved in our Incident 68 / 69 – 2013, on Sunday 9th and Monday 10th June, gives thanks to all involved in the successful search and subsequent rescue of Terry Gilligan. Family... by admin | Jun 17, 2013 | General news
Belated best wishes and congratulations to another ‘new’ father in the team, experienced Team Call Out list member Steve Kenworthy, and his wife Louise Kenworthy, on the birth of their daughter Isabelle Rose Kenworthy, born on Wednesday 29th May 2013, at... by admin | Jun 16, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 14.53hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Lancashire) EOC Broughton / Helimed Airdesk despatcher, to request that the team attend an incident involving a male mountain biker with a serious shoulder injury on the ‘Roddlesworth’ side... by admin | Jun 16, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 13.39hrs, knowing us to be in the local area, NWAS (Manchester) EOC Parkway directly contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, regarding a serious emergency call on the outskirts of the Horwich area. With the team being in a position to immediately respond and be... by admin | Jun 16, 2013 | General news
Held for the last twelve years and with continuous team involvement since 2004, the Horwich Festival of Racing formerly known as the Horwich Carnival Races, are a day long series of running, orienteering and road cycling events held within Horwich Town Centre which... by admin | Jun 15, 2013 | General news
Today the team was on display at GMFRS Horwich Fire Station during its Annual Open Day. We attended with our BM2 Mountain Rescue Land Rover Ambulance, and our BM5 Minibus / Crewbus Ambulance. Thankfully despite the threatening grey clouds, only intermittent light rain... by admin | Jun 15, 2013 | General news
This morning saw our Trainee Drowned Victim Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh, (Our Team Training Officer) along with Trainee DVSD Search Dog Sasha, undertaking a more prolonged training session than usual, on a local water body, as they had a guest visitor joining them... by admin | Jun 15, 2013 | General news
We have the greatest of pleasures in extending our warmest congratulations to long standing team friend and fellow mountain rescue colleague Phil O’Brien, current Team Leader of Bowland Pennine MRT, who has been made a Member of the British Empire in the... by admin | Jun 14, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 21:20 this evening, we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) EOC Parkway, to respond to an incident very near to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ in the Ladybridge, Heaton area of Bolton. The response was to the report, received via Greater Manchester Police, of a male...