by admin | Jan 8, 2016 | General news
Late this morning, Ron Wilkinson, of SP Services visited us at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ. Ron, who is a Paramedic Practitioner by profession, is Regional Sales Manager – North East, North West and Yorkshire, for SP Services (International Supplier of Medical,... by admin | Jan 7, 2016 | Donations
Today we are very pleased to announce a very kind donation of £100.00 from the members of ‘Mellor Lodge 1774,’ Freemasons. This donation came with a letter addressed to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE from David Green of Mellor Lodge; “Dear Sirs, Please accept this... by admin | Jan 7, 2016 | Donations
Not previously reported, was the receipt in late December 2015, via the Charities Aid Foundation, of a truly wonderful and very kind £95.00 donation from Mr Neil Peacock, of Greater Manchester Police, Crompton Way, Bolton. This thoughtful and generous donation came... by admin | Jan 6, 2016 | Training
This evening our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, set off the years training with an exercise actually based within the moorland landmark of Jubilee Tower, Darwen (aka Darwen Tower) The scenario involved two persons who had fallen inside the tower, on the spiral... 
by admin | Jan 6, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Our first full team callout of 2016 was initiated today as a result of a request from NWAS Emergency Operations Centre, Broughton. The team was contacted via SARCALL at 12:50 this afternoon with the report of a male lying injured on moorland near to Piccadilly Farm,... by admin | Jan 6, 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) Already we... by admin | Jan 3, 2016 | General news
Today following Incident 13, the few team members who had been involved, were joined by other colleagues at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to carry out a number of tasks, at the start of a New Year for the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. John Dickinson and our Team Leader... by admin | Jan 3, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 10.31hrs this very wet and damp morning, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a mobile phone call from a concerned member of the public, who whilst walking with her daughter and son in the Rivington area, had become separated from her fifteen year old son, and... by admin | Jan 3, 2016 | General news
Gillian Gregory, our Team Secretary, in her capacity as the Support Group member who co-ordinates all our collection boxes, has the following good news to share about the success of all our collection boxes over the last year – 2015; “We are very pleased to announce... by admin | Jan 2, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Following on from our report dated Friday 1st January 2016, this morning our specialist Water Search Dog / DVSD, deployed to Coventry. There follows an account by our Team DVSD / Water Search Dog Dave Marsh; Team Water Search Dog Handler Dave Marsh with Search Dog...