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 1 November 2024, 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.

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