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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
Love the area & appreciate the job you do.
I am a member of a Rescue Squad in NC and know too well the cost of running calls and training volunteers. I also call The Dragon my play ground!! One of my favorite places to carve a curve on my Motorcycle!! Glad help & thank U All 4 being there!!
I have driven The Dragon many times and have family ties to First Responders at home... so being able to help out the local Rescue Squad that keeps us all safe is a great thing!