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Bowland Pennnine
MRT will be recruiting in September, if you are interested in further
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Call Outs, Incidents & Other Events.
Numbered
Incidents are reported to Mountain Rescue - England & Wales
42. 14th August Search 19:50 Hrs Parbold near
Ormskirk.
Team requested to search for a vulnerable male, aged 76 in the Parbold area.
Incident Control was established in the car park of the pub at the top of
Parbold Hill. Having obtained a scent article from the missing persons home the
Teams trailing search dog and handler immediately dispatched to the Place Last
Seen (PLS) to see if a direction of travel could be determined. This was
followed by the Team’s other search dog and handler plus search parties on the
main roads and footpaths in the area. As plans were being put in place to extend
the search areas and call in extra resources (more dogs & another Team) news was
received that the person was safe in hospital at Southport. Team stood down at
22:30 hrs. (39 Rescue Person
Hours)
 41(D).
28th July Search 10:42 Hrs Turton Reservoir, Bolton.
Teams area search dog, Floss and handler assisted Bolton MRT in a search for a
missing male at Turton & Entwistle Reservoir. Unfortunately, the missing person
was located deceased. (4 Rescue Person Hours)
Bolton MRT Incident 70/2010.
40. 28th July Search 02:27 Hrs Halton near Lancaster.
Team requested to assist in the search for a missing male, aged 76.
Already missing for over 24 hours.
Unfortunately, the missing person was located later in the day, deceased,
by the Lancashire Police Helicopter searching the River Lune. Lancashire Fire &
Rescue Service recovered the body from the river. Our thoughts and sympathies
are with the missing persons family at this sad time. (40 Rescue Person Hours)
39. 26th July Road Traffic Incident 12:00
Hrs Trough of Bowland.
Whilst at Smelt Mill, our Headquarters in the Trough of Bowland, two Team
members responded in a team vehicle to a cyclist who had fallen from his bike.
The NW Air Ambulance soon joined them. The injured person was packaged onto the
aircraft for the onward journey to Royal Preston Hospital.
(1 Rescue Person Hours)
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