Tag:emergency=fire_hydrant

+/- emergency=fire_hydrant Description A fire hydrant is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal water service to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply to assist in extinguishing a fire. Used on these elements Useful combination emergency=fire_hydrant fire_hydrant:type=underground/pillar/wall/pond fire_hydrant:diameter=# fire_hydrant:pressure=#/suction ref=* name=* fire_hydrant:position=lane/parking_lot/sidewalk/green fire_hydrant:count=# Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list) Status Defacto

Contents 1 Description 2 OpenFireMap 3 Tagging 4 Attributes 5 How to find a fire hydrant 6 See also

Description

A fire hydrant (also known colloquially as a fire plug in the United States or as a johnny pump in New York City, because the firemen of the late 1800s were called Johnnies[citation needed]), is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal water service to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply to assist in extinguishing a fire. In rural areas without municipal water service, dry hydrants are frequently placed besides natural or artificial ponds which provide a water supply. Buildings near a hydrant may qualify for an insurance discount since firefighters should be able to more rapidly extinguish a fire on the insured property.

OpenFireMap

OpenFireMap shows all fire stations and hydrants, and in a popup all mapped values.

Tagging

emergency=fire_hydrant
+ fire_hydrant:type=underground/pillar/wall/pond
+ fire_hydrant:diameter=# (optional)
+ fire_hydrant:pressure=#/suction (optional)
+ ref=* (optional)
+ name=* (optional)
+ fire_hydrant:position=lane/parking_lot/sidewalk/green (optional)
+ fire_hydrant:count=# (optional)

Attributes

1. Hydrant type (surface- / underground hydrant)

fire_hydrant:type=underground/pillar/wall/pond

underground	pillar	wall	pond
the fire hydrant is underground, you need a standpipe			aka "dry hydrant", you need a pump

2. Dimensioning (pipe diameter 65, 80, 100, 150 etc.)

fire_hydrant:diameter=*

3. Name / ID

name=*

ref=* (sometimes the fire hydrants are numbered)

4. Position (close range)

fire_hydrant:position=lane/parking_lot/sidewalk/green

5. Pressure

fire_hydrant:pressure=#/suction (Pressure in bar / "suction" for dry hydrants)

6. Count

fire_hydrant:count=# (if there are more than one fire hydrant)

How to find a fire hydrant

• Germany: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinweisschilder_zu_Stra%C3%9Feneinbauten
• Some other countries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_hydrant#Signage

See also

• Proposed features/Fire Hydrant
• amenity=fire_hydrant

Note: At the time of writing, there are about 7,000 world-wide uses each of amenity=fire_hydrant and emergency=fire_hydrant. At this time it is necessary to look for both when parsing osm data.

Related terms: fire hydrant.