by admin | Oct 13, 2016 | General news
Today 5 team members travelled to Atherton Community Fire Station to support their open day. The team took along BM3 Land rover ambulance and BM6 our control vehicle. Local families had the opportunity to look around the control vehicle, land rover and all the kit we... by admin | Oct 12, 2016 | Donations
Back in April 2015 Bolton MRT members Diane Blakeley, Paul Copley and Heath Doran visited Horwich Women’s Institute, during which they gave a talk and equipment demonstration. A few months later we discovered that we had been chosen as the Institutes Charity for the... by admin | Oct 11, 2016 | Training
Over the weekends of 17th & 18th September and the 24th & 25th September 7 team members travelled to Lyon Equipment’s HQ at Tebay in Cumbria to attend a rope rescue operators course. As well as Lyon being a supplier of outdoor and industrial access kit... by admin | Oct 11, 2016 | Donations
On Thursday evening 29th September we welcomed Westhoughton Beaver Scouts to our HQ to learn about our work. Following that visit, their Leader, Catriona Bright, called into our HQ on Sunday 9th October with a fantastic donation of £40.00 and a tin of biscuits for our... by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Donations, General news
On Wednesday evening, 5th October 2016, our Chairman, Gill Leigh, and other team members, were pleased to welcome several guests to our HQ. Maureen & John Ashworth came to see us as representatives of the Rotary Club of Bolton Lever, and presented our Equipment... by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Donations
Today team members Mark Scott and Gary Melia travelled to The Rivington in the village of the same name for a special mission: to meet up with our great supporters Rachel and Neil Taylor. Rachel and Neil are owners of The Rivington, which consists of Tea Rooms and a... 
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 17:10 on this warm and sunny October evening the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service who were requesting our assistance at an incident on the Manchester, Bolton and Bury canal in Little Lever. A 43 year old male mountain biker had been riding on... by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | General news
Not previously reported on our website was the retirement from the team of Dave Marsh, handler of our Water Search Dog, Sasha. Dave originally joined the team back in August 1976. He has ‘retired’ twice already but has over 30 years experience within Mountain Rescue... by admin | Oct 2, 2016 | Donations
Our mail has just revealed a fantastic donation of £850.00 from John Merton and David Williams of Warrington. In his letter, John explains that he and David work on the Alban Retail Park in Warrington and during the course of their work they collect scrap, pallets,... by admin | Oct 2, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Whilst team members were deployed to provide standby rescue cover on the Rivington Half Marathon today, at 11:15 we became aware of a runner who had collapsed in the vicinity of Anglezarke Reservoir. A crew of four team members and a vehicle were immediately on hand...