drafting site

English

Etymology

From drafting +‎ site.

Noun

drafting site (plural drafting 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.
    • 2012 March 1, “Drafting Tools & Techniques”, in FirefighterNation‎[1], Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 1 November 2024:
      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 1 November 2024:
      Conditions at the drafting site, however, were less than ideal, which forced the engine companies to violate some of the basic guidelines of drafting.

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