by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | 2012, Incident
With GMP enquiries in to the disappearance of 22 year old Christopher Brahney continuing, and with what can only be described as a massive media appeal gaining momentum all the time (Including television, radio, press and social media sites) Greater Manchester Police... by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Donations, General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received in the post a letter with an enclosed donation from Sandra and Kevan Worthington of Whelley, Wigan. The letter stated; “Dear Mr Rhodes, on the 23rd June 2012, we celebrated our Golden Wedding. We had a ‘bit... by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | General news
We are very pleased to announce our June month end 2012 collection box figures, with £251.93p collected, against £626.90p for June 2011. Our year to date (Up to June 30th 2012) collection box income figure is a marvellous £1,800.63p, against... by admin | Jul 2, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 17:35 early this evening, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was in conversation with Mick Nield, Team Leader at Oldham MRT regarding a developing search in Heaton Park, Manchester, in connection with a missing young man. Colleagues from Rossendale and Pendle MRT had... by admin | Jul 2, 2012 | General news
Further to our previously reported visit of Monday 21st May 2012, and Monday 11th June 2012, this afternoon four members of our proposed Control Vehicle / Incident Command Vehicle project team, set off to meet further with Coleman Milne of Wigan Road, Westhoughton,... by admin | Jul 1, 2012 | General news
For the third year running, the team today accepted the invitation by City Airport Manchester (Barton) to display at their increasingly popular Aviation and Family Fun Day and Aircraft Fly In Event. Meeting early in the morning at our rainswept Ladybridge Hall Base /... by admin | Jul 1, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 04:38, early this morning (although it was already daylight!), the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control Centre, who were requesting our assistance at an incident on the summit of Rivington Pike. NWAS had been called slightly earlier to the report... by admin | Jun 30, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 16:03 this afternoon we were paged by NWAS (Lancashire) ECC regarding an incident in East Quarry, Appley Bridge, Wigan/Skelmersdale. A 23 year old female was reported to have fallen from the top of the disused quarry, down a vertical rock face and into the flooded... by admin | Jun 29, 2012 | General news
This evening the team hosted a visit by the Cubs and Leaders from 12th Bolton Cub Scouts. There follows an account of this evenings visit by very experienced team call out list member Mike Marsh. “This evening the team was visited by a group of very interested... by admin | Jun 29, 2012 | General news
In November 2011, four Bolton MRT team members attended the Rescue 3 Swiftwater First Responder practical session generously offered to the team by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, alongside Firefighters from GMFRS. (Please refer to website reports of 16th...