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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
While I Slay the Dragon in a safe and legal manner, I admire these volunteers as the selfless, dedicated man and women they are. I hope that we never, ever meet. Except in a bar, perhaps.
Sad to say, I've seen these guys in action. I'm glad to know they are there when needed...
Good to know they are there to help, Hope they are around if we ever need them!
Love riding The Dragon
I am a fireman and drive the dragon once and awhile and well met a few of the BCRS members a couple years ago.
We ride the Dragon about every weekend, we never know when emergency help maybe needed.
In memory of Firefighter-Paramedic James Reeder, who LOVED riding the Dragon.