by admin | Dec 7, 2015 | General news
In the early hours of Sunday morning the team was requested to assist the emergency services deployed to help people in Lancaster dealing with the floods in the area. The full story, along with photos can be seen in our news story Incident 90/2015 by admin | Dec 7, 2015 | Donations
We are very pleased to report that on Saturday 5th December 2015, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following kind letter and enclosed donation from Rivington Village Club; “In September we ran an event for the second year, (webmaster; The Rivington 10... by admin | Dec 7, 2015 | Donations
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following very kind letter enclosing a fantastic cheque donation from Duncan Watson, of Egerton, Bolton, an employee of BAE Systems, Warton. “Dear Garry, Please find enclosed a cheque for £295.00 which on behalf of... by admin | Dec 7, 2015 | General news
Early this morning very experienced team member Mark Scott journeyed to Stockport for the scheduled meeting of the Greater Manchester Area Chain of Survival Steering Group meeting, to find others also there, but that the meeting had been cancelled unfortunately at... by admin | Dec 6, 2015 | General news
Today experienced hill walkers and team operational members Michael Wakerley (also a climber) and Heath Doran took out two persons interested in joining the teams operational membership, for a local moorland walk, to check out their general hill skills including their... by admin | Dec 6, 2015 | General news
2016 sees our regional body – MPSRO, hosting the annual Princes Charity Day, which has been held over a good many years now by the many regional mountain rescue organisations throughout England and Wales. Today saw another planning meeting take place, with... by admin | Dec 6, 2015 | Training
This morning team member Jess Ellsmore, who is in the final stages of training with her dog Blitz, to be a SARDA England Mountain Rescue Search Dog Handler / Search Dog team, went straight from her overnight and early morning involvement with the team in Lancaster /... by admin | Dec 5, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 22.39hrs the evening of Saturday 5th December, the team was contacted by Lancashire Constabulary regarding the flooding events in Lancaster, and what assistance could be provided by Bolton MRT. A call was also received from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service from... by admin | Dec 5, 2015 | General news
This afternoon, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, and Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh, were helped by Team Call Out Contacts Mike Marsh, Steve Fletcher and our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, to answer a Lake District ‘Silver’ request for specialist... by admin | Dec 5, 2015 | General news
Today at the Holiday Inn, Preston South, team member Elaine Gilliland, who is also MPSRO Training Officer, sits on the MREW Training Sub Committee and is a member of SARDA Wales, attended as a member of the MREW Forward Planning Group, todays FPG meeting, alongside...