by admin | Jan 21, 2016 | General news
Following the very heavy rains of Boxing Day 26th December 2015, – when we were somewhat pre occupied elsewhere with flooding incidents at Prestolee, Bolton and Lower Broughton, Salford, much damage was done to water courses on a local scale, upon our local moorlands.... by admin | Jan 21, 2016 | General news
Over the last weekend, culminating on Sunday 17th January 2016, in very wintry conditions, at Chew Valley / Dovestones, on the high moorland above Oldham, SARDA England held its January Search Dog assessment course. Under assessment was Bolton MRT team operational... by admin | Jan 21, 2016 | General news
On Tuesday 15th December 2015, we opened our latest recruitment drive for those interested in joining the operational membership of the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team (please click here for a direct link to the report published on Tuesday 15th December 2015) We have now... by admin | Jan 21, 2016 | General news
Each Bolton MRT operational member is equipped with a compact radio handset giving access to multiple frequencies in use by UKSAR / colleague MRTs – SRTs within the UK, including ground to air frequencies to talk to air SAR assets. In common with many other MRTs we... by admin | Jan 20, 2016 | General news
On Sunday 29th March 2015, we reported within the website that very experienced team operational member Matthew Hailwood, aged 25 at the time, had undertaken his last formal team appearance, before setting off in mid April for a six month appointment at sea, with... by admin | Jan 20, 2016 | General news
This evening, at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, twenty seven operational members, and one Support Group member, spent the evening carrying out team equipment checks, some arising from recent incidents, where equipment had to be washed and cleaned. Specifically, an...