A staging area set up at a water source to rapidly fill empty mobile water supply apparatus. A pumper is usually stationed at the site to draft water from a static source or connect to a high-capacity hydrant, pumping it through large-diameter hoses into the arriving tankers. Efficient operations at this location dictate the overall flow rate available at the fireground.
Heard on the job
Engine 4 is setting up the fill site at the county park boat ramp.
Also heard as
- filling site