Probationary Training Session 2 of 8 this evening

Probationary Training Session 2 of 8 this evening

Commencing at 19.20hrs at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, all our current seven probationary team members, met for their second probationary training session this evening. Tonight they were introduced to our team primary operational area, all 800 square kilometres of...
Probationary Training Session 2 of 8 this evening

Trainee air scenting dog handler Jess in training tonight

This evening our Trainee air scenting dog handler Jess Ellsmore and her trainee air scenting search dog Blitz, undertook some joint training with Bowland Pennine MRT / SARDA England air scenting mountain rescue search dog handler Alison Nicholson and her search dog...
Probationary Training Session 2 of 8 this evening

Team Call Out contacts in SARCALL training session

Following the below exercise, all five of our Team Call Out contacts met up at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a training awareness session on the use of the SARCALL system, used to mobilise MRT responses, co ordinate such responses and log the incident itself,...
Probationary Training Session 2 of 8 this evening

Team steep ground exercise on Winter Hill

Following our involvement in todays Remembrance Sunday Service at Lead Mines Valley, a small number of team members went on to undertake some steep ground stretcher handling work with our Bell Mountain Rescue Stretcher on the flanks of Winter Hill, overlooking the...
Probationary Training Session 2 of 8 this evening

Weekly training evening exercise report

This evening with our Training Officer Alistair Greenough and Equipment Officer – Medical Nigel Booth, both involved in training outdoors with our new probationary members, the operational team membership was up on an autumnally frosty Winter Hill summit area taking...