Editing Fire hydrant (section)

{{More citations needed|date=January 2025}}{{short description|Connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply}}
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[[File:Downtown Charlottesville fire hydrant.jpg|thumb|upright|Fire hydrant in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], United States]]
A '''fire hydrant''', '''fireplug''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of FIREPLUG |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fireplug |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> '''firecock''' (archaic),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Firecock {{!}} Definition of Firecock by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com|url=https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/firecock|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024214903/https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/firecock|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English|language=en}}</ref> '''hydrant riser''' or '''Johnny Pump'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brooklyn Johnny Pumps |url=https://theglorifiedtomato.com/2024/01/03/brooklyn-johnny-pumps/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=January 2025}} is a connection point by which [[firefighter]]s can tap into a [[water supply]]. It is a component of [[active fire protection]]. Underground fire hydrants have been used in [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] since at least the 18th century. Above-ground pillar-type hydrants are a 19th-century invention.