by admin | Aug 22, 2012 | General news
This morning the Bolton MRT, in an impressive five team vehicle/three team trailers convoy journeyed down the motorway from Bolton to Manchester to take part in this years 2nd Annual Emergency Services Open Day at the very large retail complex of the Trafford Centre,... by admin | Aug 22, 2012 | General news
Regular readers will note our support of our colleagues at Norfolk Lowland Search and Rescue Team, with our donation of some surplus equipment items to NORLSAR. (See website ‘news’ items dated Monday 13th August 2012 and Tuesday 21st August 2012) During... by admin | Aug 21, 2012 | General news
In our news item dated 13th August 2012, we reported on the visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by Paul Chamberlain, Chairman of Norfolk Lowland Search and Rescue Team. During Paul’s visit we made and discussed free of charge equipment donations to NORLSAR... by admin | Aug 21, 2012 | General news
Our great supporters, Jean Mulvaney and her friends, have once again organised a charity line dancing evening, this time taking place on Friday 19th October 2012, starting at 7.30pm, at St Mary’s Church Parish Centre, Richmond Street, Horwich. Tickets cost... by admin | Aug 19, 2012 | General news
At 16:15 this afternoon, NWAS (Manchester) ECC directly contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE for the team’s assistance with an incident in Prestwich. A casualty was reported in woodlands in the Prestwich area in the general vicinity of Broughton Fire... by admin | Aug 19, 2012 | General news
The team has a small number of membership vacancies it wishes to fill in late 2012. If you are interested then please apply on line using the on line initial membership application form available within the membership area of this website. Please note membership... by admin | Aug 18, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 19.07hrs this evening we were paged to assist GMFRS with the report of a forty year old male stuck high up on a rock face in the vicinity of Winter Hill. An emergency call had been received slightly earlier by GMFRS but the location details given were very vague,... by admin | Aug 18, 2012 | General news
Today at the kind invitation of the Darwen Gala Committee, the team attended as we do every year, this years 47th Darwen Town Gala, principally to provide standby rescue cover for the Darwen Gala / Darwen Tower Fell Races. The Gala itself took place on the fields... by admin | Aug 18, 2012 | General news
Not previously mentioned has been the recruitment of our latest Probationary / Trainee Team member into the Call Out list membership of the team. Nigel Booth, aged forty six of Bradshaw, Bolton, recently joined the team after attending a number of exercises with us in... by admin | Aug 16, 2012 | General news
Andrew Wilson who lives in Chorley and works at Manchester University, was welcomed to his first meeting as a Probationary member of our Support Group.