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Hall Fire Rescue’s dive team will now use a robot to help save drowning victims. Here’s why

In a reversal, Hall County Fire Services plans to revive its dive team about a year after it announced it would rely solely on a drone. In a file 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. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0916VEHICLE 0006 — In a reversal, Hall County Fire Services plans to revive its dive team about a year after it announced it would rely solely on a drone. In a file 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. - 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.