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Hanes Tagless T-shirt
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About this campaign
The Blount County Rescue Squad needs your help to fund our presence on the stretch of Highway 129 known as "The Dragon". This popular destination for motorcycles and cars derives its name from its resemblance to a dragon's tail. This section begins at Tabcat Creek and runs to Deals Gap and has 318 curves in only 11 miles. The area is remote. Cell phone service is for the most part non-existent. Visitors to The Dragon who experience a medical emergency may experience wait times of up to an hour before medical help arrives. To render help more quickly, the Blount County Rescue Squad posts a quick response rescue vehicle directly on The Dragon every Saturday and Sunday during the months of May through October. This is in addition to our crash truck and quick response vehicle that remains in service from our Alcoa headquarters. Our skilled teams working on The Dragon are medically certified and/or licensed, skilled in pre-hospital trauma care, rope rescue, and search & rescue. Depending on the location of the emergency, we have been able to reduce response times to ten minutes or less.
Supporters
I fully support what this squad is doing and I am donating to keep their services active. Huge thanks for being the first response on the dragon, I just pray that I never personally need their help.
I drove the Dragon for the first time last week and loved it. Five years ago the Blount Co Rescue folks transported me when I got sick while we were here on vacation.
Been riding the Dragon for a few years now. Have seen these fine men and women in action a few times. I am a retired FF from Pa. Always support the brothers and sisters!!! Keep up the good work. Hopefully, I never need your services.
I'm a active member of BCRS and love it and love what they do for the community.