drafting site
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editdrafting site (plural drafting sites)
- (firefighting) A designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river.
- 2012 March 1, “Drafting Tools & Techniques”, in FirefighterNation[1], Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 2024-11-01:
- 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?
- 2017 November 1, “Urban Drafting Operations at a Chemical Warehouse Fire”, in Fire Engineering[2], Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 2024-11-01:
- Conditions at the drafting site, however, were less than ideal, which forced the engine companies to violate some of the basic guidelines of drafting.
Synonyms
edit- (designated location for a firefighter to draw water out of a natural source): fire site, filling site, fill site
Translations
editdesignated location for a firefighter to draw water out of a natural source
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