by admin | May 3, 2016 | General news
Today Lancashire Constabulary requested the assistance of our trailing search dog, Boris, with handler Steve Nelson and navigator Elaine Gilliland. Unfortunately this time the team were unavailable. This story appears here for information purposes only and does not... by admin | May 2, 2016 | 2016, Incident
We were called out this afternoon by colleagues at North West Ambulance Service to an incident on the Leeds to Liverpool canal in Wigan. A male had suffered a serious lower leg injury following a slip on a boat, and the ambulance crews on scene requested our... by admin | Apr 30, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 14:30 today the team were requested to mobilise to assist our colleagues in Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue team in the potential long carry of a casualty with an ankle injury in the Trawden area of Pendle. With the potential long carry-off team RPMRT Team... by admin | Apr 30, 2016 | General news
Please support us on our latest Collection Day, planned for Sunday 1st May 2016, when members of our Support Group and team will be collecting to support the team, at TESCO Extra Store, Middlebrook, Horwich from 11.00am in the morning through to 5pm in the early... by admin | Apr 30, 2016 | Training
Today, Team Call Out members Paul Brain and Sam McKay attended at the kind invitation of Bolton Council, a day long course regarding Multi Agency Introduction to Civil Contingencies. The course is held twice a year and a number of Bolton Mountain Rescue have attended... by admin | Apr 29, 2016 | Donations
Congratulations to team member, Phil Horner, who ran in the Manchester Marathon on 10th April 2016 and raised £180 from sponsorship for Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. Despite suffering health problems last year and with very little training – his longest run in training... by admin | Apr 29, 2016 | Donations
Team Secretary, Gillian Gregory, has received a kind donation of £61.91 from Paul Wadsworth, Event Secretary, on behalf of East Lancs LDWA. Two Bolton Mountain Rescue Team charity boxes were placed at the start of the course in Tottington for donations from... by admin | Apr 28, 2016 | Donations
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt via the Charities Aid Foundation, of yet another thoughtful, generous and much appreciated, kind donation of £30.00 from Team friend and very valued supporter, Mr John Thornley of Horwich, Bolton. John began making... by admin | Apr 24, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Today Steve Nelson with his trailing search dog Boris and navigator Elaine Gilliland assisted Glossop Mountain Rescue along with other SARDA Peaks search dogs with a search for a missing person. by admin | Apr 23, 2016 | 2016, Incident
As a continuation of the moorland fire on Turton and Darwen moor from the previous night the team returned to Crookfield Road car park RVP at 06:00 to meet with the staff from the mobile fire control unit on scene to discuss what help the team could be to the fire...