by admin | Sep 16, 2012 | 2012, Incident
This week started with a Call Out for our Mountain Rescue Trailing Dog team and ended today with another call Out for the same. At circa 15.00hrs this afternoon, Bolton MRT Team member and SARDA (Wales) Search Dog handler Steve Nelson, received an initial call from... by admin | Sep 14, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 11.58hrs today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by Andy Simpson, one of the Deputy Team Leaders at Rossendale and Pendle MRT, for the teams assistance to RPMRT in the developing search for a missing twenty four year old male in the Padiham... by admin | Sep 14, 2012 | General news
Having existed since September 1968, the team has understandably had a huge number of members pass through its ranks over the years (One even having been in at the start and to this day remains an active hill going operational ‘Call Out’ list member, our... by admin | Sep 13, 2012 | General news
Today very experienced team member Chris Tennant attended at the kind invitation of Bolton Council a day long course regarding Multi Agency Introduction to Civil Contingencies. This is the third time the team has attended this course, the first being 15th June 2010,... by admin | Sep 13, 2012 | General news
We are very pleased to announce our August month end 2012 collection box figures, with £124.30p collected, against £388.60p for August 2011. Our year to date (Up to August 31st 2012) collection box income figure is a marvellous £2,109.53p, against... by admin | Sep 12, 2012 | General news
Our very effective national mountain rescue radio system essentially operates when transmitting and receiving on ‘Line of sight’ principles, ie in simple terms if the aerial of one handset / base set / vehicle set can ‘see’ another one then... by admin | Sep 12, 2012 | Donations, General news
Immediately following the below donation handover, John Smith, wearing this time the hat of Chairman of Lostock Athletics Club, handed over to the team a very kind and appreciated donation of £150.00 as thanks for our provision of Standby Rescue Cover at their... by admin | Sep 12, 2012 | Donations, General news
This evening, prior to our weekly team meeting, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE welcomed to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ valued team friends Neil Brown, Chairman of the Horwich Festival of Racing Committee and John Smith, Running Road Race Organiser, Horwich... by admin | Sep 12, 2012 | General news
This evening with the entire rest of the team membership at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a Special General Meeting of the Team, our Team President (A former Team Leader) Bob Hutchinson journeyed to Glazebury to meet at their invitation, the lady members of... by admin | Sep 12, 2012 | Donations, General news
Recently Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service have replaced their hand held portable Thermal Imagery Equipment held on their Fire Appliances with more capable latest generation equipment for the task they are used for. Some of their now surplus older generation, yet...