Welcome to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team is a voluntary search and rescue charity and a member of Mountain Rescue England and Wales that represents 49 teams. Bolton MRT is made up entirely of volunteers who are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We cover an area of over 800 square kilometres extending from Darwen in the West Pennine Moors to the north to beyond Manchester Airport in the south, and from Wigan to the west to the centre of Manchester in the east.
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team
The chances are you will never need our services. However, since 1968, a great many have. Our callouts are diverse. For example, we help walkers, runners, bikers, climbers and even dogs that have found themselves in a precarious position. We also search for members of the public who are missing outside of urban areas, particularly those classed as vulnerable by the police.
It costs around £50,000 per year to run the team. Securing this amount of money each year is a constant challenge. We rely on the generosity of the public and other organisations who provide us with donations. Visit the donations page to learn more about how you can help raise money for the team.
Latest News
Today at 3pm the Government will be testing the national Emergency Alerts system. Compatible phones across the UK will vibrate, make a loud siren-like sound, and display a message explaining that a test is taking place. Learn more: gov.uk/alerts
Emergency Alerts are used to warn and give important safety information about events that we are involved with such as severe flooding, wildfires, and storms.
Do let your friends and family know about the test, and if it happens for real please follow the advice.
No weekend lie-in for our team members today...
At 08:44 this morning the team was contacted by the Force Incident Manager at Lancashire Police, with the report of an injured male mountain biker on Winter Hill - the exact location being roughly half-way down the track between Winter Hill summit and the A675 at Belmont.
The team was promptly called out, and the first team member who lives nearby started making his way on foot up the hill by 09:05. Meanwhile, vehicles attended from Ladybridge Hall base and at 09:10 began to drive downhill from the summit, along the somewhat broken track, and vehicles attended from the Bolton North Fire Station base and those on board walked up the hill.
On arrival and after an assessment of the casualty, we determined that he may have sustained some potentially significant injuries and the North West Air Ambulance Charity was requested to attend.
The casualty was given pain relief, immobilised and after handover to the aircrew was carried a short distance to the NWAA aircraft from Barton, which departed to Salford Royal Infirmary. This incident was another excellent example of the great working relationship between ourselves and the NWAA crews.
We wish the casualty a full recovery and return to riding soon.
Early on Thursday morning we were asked to help our colleagues at Rossendale and Pendle MRT and North West Ambulance Service find a casualty who had called 999 after suffering a medical episode on Holcombe Moor. After a short search, the man was located and assessed by a medic from RPMRT and the NWAS ambulance crew. Members from both mountain rescue teams worked together to carry him off the moor to the ambulance at Lumb Carr Road. We want to thank the passing mountain biker who helped with the search and wish the man a speedy recovery.
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Event Safety Cover
In case of an emergency, DIAL 999, ask for ‘Police’ then ‘Mountain Rescue’
Give all your prepared details of the incident and ‘STAY WHERE YOU ARE’ until contacted by the rescue team.
If you have to make a further 999 call, follow this procedure in full again.