by admin | Dec 21, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Early this morning our colleagues at Cheshire SRT were called out by Cheshire Constabulary, in regards to a 39 year old missing man. The man had previously been reported missing to Police, with their enquiries leading to a requirement to search areas within the... by admin | Dec 20, 2015 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce the receipt yesterday by our Secretary Gillian Gregory, of a kind Christmas Card from our dear friend Jim Fletcher BEM (in whose tribute and honour our Land Rover Bolton Mobile 4 is named in) and his partner June. The card contained an... by admin | Dec 19, 2015 | General news
We are glad to provide emergency support for our colleagues at Rossendale and Pendle MRT, in case of call out, as they are engaged from mid this afternoon in a carol singing fundraiser at Tescos, Eagle Street, Accrington. It’s then on to their Christmas Social. All at... by admin | Dec 19, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Very long serving and very experienced Team member Dave Marsh and his Waters Search Dog Sasha, deployed early this wet and damp morning to take part in the continuing search operation to locate 29 year old Rory Johnson–Hatfield. Accompanying Dave was his fellow... by admin | Dec 19, 2015 | Donations
Today our Treasurer Martin Banks received a pleasant surprise when at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ on team business, he received a Christmas Card and enclosed donation, from valued team friends DC Jane Wilcock and PC Mel (Melanie) Jackson, both of GMP. Their card... by admin | Dec 19, 2015 | General news
At 07.34hrs this damp morning the team was paged by GMP Force Duty Officer, with reports of a female in distress on open land in the Kearsley, Bolton area. The call from the FDO was answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, at 07.41hrs, co-incidentally just as a... by admin | Dec 18, 2015 | 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 | Dec 18, 2015 | 2015, Incident
In the early hours of this morning GMP called out our colleagues at Oldham MRT in regards to a missing female possibly in the Dovestones / Chew Valley area. Oldham MRT including two of their teams mountain rescue air scenting search dog units, deployed quickly to the... by admin | Dec 17, 2015 | General news
Currently the team has 2,806 Twitter followers and 1,400 likes on Facebook, with a huge number of supporters, friends and ‘general enquiries’ regularly visiting our website, particularly the ‘news’ features and reports. All our website news reports, if all is working... by admin | Dec 17, 2015 | Training
This evening commencing at 19.00hrs at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, four team members undertook some extra casualty care training, to extend their knowledge of anatomy and physiology. Instructing for the evening was our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, a full...