Meanings
plural filling sites
- firefightingA designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river.
Water shuttles involve a process in which tankers deliver their load of water to the emergency scene (the dump site), travel to a filling site, reload with water, and then return to the emergency scene to dump again.
2003, Safe Operation of Fire Tankers, Emmitsburg, Maryland: United States Fire Administration, retrieved 01 Nov 2024, page 97Synonyms: drafting site, fire 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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