fire hydrant

connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply
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fire hydrant

Summary

fire hydrant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,337 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • fire hydrant is a type of hydrant[2].
  • fire hydrant is a type of Q11559528[3].
  • fire hydrant is used for firefighting[4].
  • fire hydrant's Commons category is recorded as Fire hydrants[5].
  • fire hydrant's color is recorded as red[6].
  • fire hydrant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fire hydrants[7].
  • fire hydrant's Commons gallery is recorded as Fire hydrant[8].
  • fire hydrant's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as emergency=fire_hydrant[9].
  • fire hydrant's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • fire hydrant's name in kana is recorded as しょうかせん[11].
  • fire hydrant's name in kana is recorded as せうくわせん[12].
  • fire hydrant's different from is recorded as fire cistern[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hydrant[2] and Q11559528[3].

Use and Application

fire hydrant is used for firefighting[4].

Why It Matters

fire hydrant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,337 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . OpenStreetMap Wiki. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Aliases
    Subclass of hydrant, Q11559528
    Different from fire cistern
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533639405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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