by admin | Aug 20, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 03:11 this morning we were contacted by Greater Manchester Police to assist with an urgent search for a missing 23 year old man in the Haigh Hall Country Park area of Wigan. Police had concerns for this mans welfare. Due to the potentially large search area, the...
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 18:45 the team was contacted by North West Ambulance Service control room to assist with a female who had fallen from her horse and sustained a back injury in the Dunham Massey area. First team members on scene liaised with the paramedic and our vacuum mattress...
by admin | Aug 8, 2016 | Donations
We are pleased to report receipt of a fantastic donation of £360 from Robyn and Paul Watson of Anderton. In June they were both sponsored to climb several mountains in the Lake District within a 24 hour period and the sponsors were invited to choose either Bolton...
by admin | Aug 7, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 17:29 this evening the team was contacted by Greater Manchester Police reporting a man had lost contact with his wife in the vicinity of the Peel Tower monument above Holcombe/Ramsbottom. The hill Peel Tower is constructed on forms the team area boundary between...
by admin | Aug 7, 2016 | Training
Today the team took part in a joint training exercise with members of RAF Valley Mountain Rescue Team who were in the area training this weekend. Four members of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team met at Anglezarke quarries to participate in rope rescue stretcher lower and...