by admin | Sep 13, 2015 | Training
Commencing yesterday and all day today, long serving and very experienced team member Ged Clarke, attended the first weekend of a two part / two weekend course arranged by our national body, Mountain Rescue England and Wales. The course is to train regional mountain... by admin | Sep 9, 2015 | Training
This evening, our weekly training exercise took place fully in the dark, as late summer is flowing in to autumn. Our training exercise venue was the lower reaches of Lead Mines Valley (which is actually within our colleague teams, Bowland Pennine MRT primary... by admin | Sep 2, 2015 | Training
This evening team members gathered for a 20.00hrs start at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for this weeks training session. On the programme tonight was casualty primary survey and secondary survey, with the emphasis on practising using MREW Casualty record cards. The... by admin | Aug 26, 2015 | Training
This evenings weekly exercise saw team members gathering at the moorland location of Crookfield Road Car Park, between the villages of Belmont and Abbey Village, at 20.00hrs for a mountain rescue stretcher use familiarity session. With almost clear skies, and an... by admin | Aug 19, 2015 | Training
Commencing this morning, and held at GMFRS Bolton North Community Fire Station, where we garage one of our four Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulances, our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, and our Equipment Officer – Ropes and Stretchers Nigel Booth,... by admin | Aug 14, 2015 | Training
Our Drowned Victim Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh and his colleague DVSD Handler Mike Dermody (Of British Transport Police) who are both members of SARDA Ireland North, recently made contact with Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team via Trainee Dog Handler Philip Eichmann...