A portable water tank is a temporary

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designed for the reserve storage of water in

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, emergency relief, and military applications. These tanks can be either supported or unsupported. The supported tanks have a

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frame and range in size from or larger by custom design. Portable water tanks are also unsupported such as self-supporting tanks (onion tanks), blivets and pillow or bladder tanks and are available in sizes ranging from up to .

Usage/Deployment

It is primarily used in rural areas where

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are not available. They are carried on

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during a shuttle operation. A portable water tank is usually set up near or front of an attack

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, or possibly next to a supply engine.Thomson Delmar Learning. The Firefighter's Handbook: Essentials of Fire Fighting and Emergency Response. Second Edition. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Publishers, 2004. This enables tenders to quickly drop off their load of water and return to the fill site as soon as possible. They are designed to be set up in around a half-minute with two

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. The engine may then use suction hose to

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the water in the tank.

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