Which two locations are designated for drafting?

Which two locations are designated for drafting?

• A. Hydrant; Water tower
• B. Fire Dept shop pit; FTC portable draft tank
• C. Fire Dept shop pit; Hydrant
• D. FTC portable draft tank; Hydrant

Answer: (B)

Drafting means pulling water into the pump through a suction line from a source that isn’t delivering water under pressure. To practice this safely, stations designate specific water sources. The Fire Dept shop pit provides a built-in static water source inside the station, and the FTC portable draft tank offers a mobile, readily available drafting source for training and field use. Together these are designated drafting locations. Hydrants and water towers supply pressurized water and are used for other parts of the water supply system; they’re not designated drafting sources in this context, so they aren’t the correct pairing.

Drafting means pulling water into the pump through a suction line from a source that isn’t delivering water under pressure. To practice this safely, stations designate specific water sources. The Fire Dept shop pit provides a built-in static water source inside the station, and the FTC portable draft tank offers a mobile, readily available drafting source for training and field use. Together these are designated drafting locations. Hydrants and water towers supply pressurized water and are used for other parts of the water supply system; they’re not designated drafting sources in this context, so they aren’t the correct pairing.