Meanings
plural drafting sites
- firefightingA designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river.
If you don’t have a drafting site, but you do have an accessible creek, is it possible to build an impoundment on the creek for fire water supply?
2012 March 1, “Drafting Tools & Techniques”, in FirefighterNation, Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 01 Nov 20241 more example
Conditions at the drafting site, however, were less than ideal, which forced the engine companies to violate some of the basic guidelines of drafting.
2017 November 1, “Urban Drafting Operations at a Chemical Warehouse Fire”, in Fire Engineering, Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 01 Nov 2024Synonyms: fire site, filling site, fill site
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river.
Origin
Translations
German Saugstelle
- Saugstelledesignated location for a firefighter to draw water out of a natural source
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