noun
General Slang
tender
· noun · firefighter
A big rolling water tank for fires where there are no hydrants.
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A fire apparatus built around a large water tank (typically 1,000–4,000 gallons) used to shuttle water to fires where no hydrants exist — rural structure fires, wildland incidents, highway calls. NWCG and NFPA officially call them "water tenders"; many East Coast departments still call the same rig a "tanker," which in wildland-speak actually means an air tanker. The terminology fight is eternal.
“Set up a tender shuttle from the pond on Route 9 — we'll need at least three rolling to keep the attack line wet.”
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tender In A Sentence
Set up a tender shuttle from the pond on Route 9 — we'll need at least three rolling to keep the attack line wet.
Origin & Usage
From general English "tender" (a vessel that services a larger one, as in a ship's tender); standardised by NWCG and NFPA to disambiguate from "tanker" (which in wildland use refers to fixed-wing air tankers).
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