by admin | Sep 21, 2011 | General news
This evening whilst their colleagues were enjoying the delights of a wet and cold moorland exercise on Winter Hill, experienced team members Diane Blakeley and Paul Brain were visiting Withnell Fold W.I. to give a presentation on the work of the of the Bolton MRT at...
by admin | Sep 21, 2011 | Donations, General news
On Sunday 31st July 2011, George Taylor Seddon, aged 95, of Worsley, Manchester, the father of our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon, sadly passed away. On Wednesday 7th September 2011, we received a very large number of donations in memory of the Late George Taylor...
by admin | Sep 18, 2011 | General news
This afternoon, our Team Chairman Craig Lamb and Team members Sam McKay, Philip Crook and John Dickinson journeyed in one of our new Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances to present ’Thank you’ plaques from the team to two very special friends and...
by admin | Sep 17, 2011 | Donations, General news
On Sunday 31st July 2011, George Taylor Seddon, aged 95, of Worsley, Manchester, the father of our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon, sadly passed away. On Wednesday 7th September 2011, we received a very large number of donations in memory of the Late George Taylor...
by admin | Sep 14, 2011 | General news
This evening in a test of the Memorandum of Understanding we have with the British Red Cross, and in particular the call out and use of their FESS vehicle, we mounted an exercise this evening to see how the envisaged use of the BRC FESS vehicle would work out in...
by admin | Sep 14, 2011 | Donations, General news
Further to our provision of standby rescue cover at this years Horwich Festival of Racing all day event, held in Horwich Town centre on Sunday 19th June, this evening prior to our routine weekly exercise commencing, we were delighted to receive as special guests at...
by admin | Sep 11, 2011 | General news
This year being the tenth anniversary of the terrible 9/11 terrorist atrocities in the United States of America, Bolton MBC organised and hosted a very special service today to commemorate the events of the day and to honour those in the emergency services who died in...
by admin | Sep 11, 2011 | General news
This weekend of 10th and 11th September 2011, saw our retired SARDA Dog Handler Dave Marsh travelling down to Rhyl, North Wales, to take part in a Search Dog assessment on behalf of other third parties. You might wonder why Rhyl? Well explanations to follow. (With...
by admin | Sep 10, 2011 | Donations, General news
Only days after the receipt of a kind £33.00 donation from our friends and supporters at Darwen Dashers Running Club on Monday 5th September, today we are pleased to announce yet another kind donation, this time of £52.00. In a letter from the Chairman of...
by admin | Sep 7, 2011 | General news
Our weekly training night this evening featured a presentation by GMFRS Crew Commander Mike Dewar, a very experienced FSI / USAR Dog Handler with GMFRS. (Who was accompanied for the presentation to the team by his son Daniel) Mike operates two dogs, Fire Urban Search...