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Hall Fire Rescue’s dive team will now use a robot to help save drowning victims. Here’s why
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Hall County Fire Services dive team will no longer attempt to rescue drowning victims. The team will shift its focus to recovering the body. In a previous photo dive team members Jacob Trites and Tyler Bailey search for a vehicle after a car was spotted in Lake Lanier at Mountain View Park. Hall County Fire Services responded to a vehicle submerged in a cove near the boat ramp of the Mountain View Park, and the Hall County Fire Services dive team was dispatched to search for potential victims. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Hall County’s Marine Rescue Team will replace its dive team with an underwater drone that will be used to try to rescue and recover drowning victims.