by admin | Dec 13, 2015 | 2015, Incident
GMP had been involved in a developing search for a missing 43 years old Middleton man, reported missing since 20th November 2015, in circumstances giving cause for concern regards his well being. In liaison with MRTs operating within Greater Manchester, a larger scale... 
by admin | Dec 11, 2015 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce today the receipt by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE of a kind and thoughtful festive £25.00 donation from our dear valued friend Roma Clough. On the 18th January 2009, the Team went to the aid of Mrs Roma Clough, who had sustained a... by admin | Dec 10, 2015 | Donations
On Saturday 7th November 2015, the team was called out to assist NWAS and Lancashire Constabulary in regards to a horse rider who had fallen from her horse sustaining serious injuries, on the flanks of Darwen Moor (Please see website Incident Report 84 dated the same)... by admin | Dec 10, 2015 | General news
Valued team friends and supporters, Sharman and Grahame Birtles have sent a Christmas Card with seasonal wishes to all the team membership. Regular readers will recall that Sharman Birtles JP DL is the High Sheriff of Greater Manchester. On October 8th this year we... by admin | Dec 9, 2015 | Training
This evening, taking an idea from our Team Leader, and following some suggestions from our Deputy Team Leader, our Team Training Officer Alistair Greenough set an end of the teams year challenge for our members tonight at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ. Upon arrival at... by admin | Dec 9, 2015 | Donations
Today we are pleased to announce a very kind and thoughtful £50.00 donation from our wonderfully supportive friends at St. Margaret’s Church, Lonsdale Road, Bolton, via their Treasurer, Mr Roy Caswell. St. Margaret’s Church have been supporting the team for quite a... by admin | Dec 9, 2015 | Training
On Thursday 3rd December 2015, we reported within our website, that our very experienced DVSD Search Dog Handler David Marsh (who has been a former long serving Mountain Rescue Air Scenting Search Dog Handler within Bolton MRT) journeyed to Northern Ireland, where he... by admin | Dec 8, 2015 | General news
This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was invited by NWAS Director of Operations, Derek Cartwright QAM to a meeting at the NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) EOC at Parkway Business Centre, Princess Road, Manchester. Here, commencing at 19.00hrs, Derek was meeting... by admin | Dec 8, 2015 | General news
We reported within our website on Saturday 28th November 2015, on a search on the River Severn, including amongst other assets, our DVSD Handler Dave Marsh and his DVSD Search Dog Sasha. This search operation was but a small part of a larger on going search operation... by admin | Dec 8, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 00.45hrs in the very early hours of this morning, we were paged by Lancashire Constabulary Force Control Room, regards the teams assistance with an urgent missing person search in Sunnyhurst Wood, Darwen, Lancashire, in circumstances giving the Police concern for...