filling site

English

Etymology

From filling +‎ site.

Noun

filling site (plural filling sites)

1. (firefighting) A designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river.
   • 2003, Safe Operation of Fire Tankers‎^[1], Emmitsburg, Maryland: United States Fire Administration, retrieved 2024-11-01, page 97:

     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.

Synonyms

• (designated location for a firefighter to draw water out of a natural source): drafting site, fire site, fill site

Translations

designated location for a firefighter to draw water out of a natural source

• German: Saugstelle