by admin | May 22, 2012 | General news
Since going live in October 2001 our website this week notched up an amazing 1.2 million hits, in fact as this report was being written our total stood at 1,200580 visits, a fantastic amount given that we are a voluntary search and rescue organisation with a local... by admin | May 21, 2012 | General news
The Bolton MRT and other MRTs operating within Greater Manchester, put great emphasise on their excellent working relationships with the Fire, Police and Ambulance services operating in the county. This evening a meeting took place attended by our Team Leader, Garry... by admin | May 21, 2012 | General news
This morning four members of our Proposed Control Vehicle / Incident Command Vehicle project team, set off a a fact finding tour organised by our Project Team Leader Martin Banks, who could not attend the visit today. Travelling to the unfamiliar lands south of the... by admin | May 20, 2012 | General news
Today 10 Team Callout Members travelled to The Olde England Kiosk in Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen, for the Kiosks centenary celebrations. Along with the medieval tents, archery and re-enactment displays was a medieval fancy dress competition, duck race and balloons. The... by admin | May 19, 2012 | General news
Further to a training exercise undertaken using our 3.5m semi-rigid inflatable SAR Boat on Wednesday 16th May 2012, in Valentines Quarry, in the Charters Moss area of Turton, some further familiarity with our SAR Boat took place this morning, concentrating around... by admin | May 18, 2012 | General news
This evening saw the team holding its 43rd Anniversary Year Annual Team Dinner, with a return for the fifth time to the excellent venue of Dunscar Golf Club, Bolton. Organised very capably again this year by team member Gillian Leigh, (with help from her husband, ex... by admin | May 15, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 21:06 this evening the team was paged by NWAS Manchester Emergency Control Centre who were requesting our help on an incident. The pager call was answered by Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon (closely followed by our Team Leader) who in turn mobilised the team to a... by admin | May 15, 2012 | General news
This evening we were visited at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by an interested group of visitors from the Salvation Army Church Ladies Group. There follows team member Dave Marsh’s account of the visit; “This evening saw team members Dave Marsh, Chris... by admin | May 12, 2012 | 2012, Incident
With the team actively involved in providing standby rescue cover for two concurrent events today, at 13.57hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Lancashire) ECC for the teams assistance with the report of a collapsed woman in the... by admin | May 12, 2012 | 2012, Incident
Whilst still providing standby rescue cover for the Pike View Hike and with the Belmont Fell Races senior events yet to start, at 12.23hrs we were alerted to a young twelve year old competitor in the Pike View Hike who was experiencing problems with her Asthma...