A fitting in a street or other public place with a nozzle by which a fire hose may be attached to a water main.
a parked car was blocking a fire hydrant
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Commenting on the lack of water in the downtown fire hydrants, Alfred said they were 50 years old and some were defective.
Many variables affect the cost of insurance such as the area you live in, your home's proximity to a fire station and fire hydrant, and the construction materials of your home.
The alley outside their workplace was transformed into a canal when an old fire hydrant fractured as it was being moved by a workman.
Fire hydrants started coming up dry or inoperative.
He was going to park his car by a fire hydrant, so I saved him from a parking ticket.
Of the seven fire hydrants surrounding the chapel, four failed to work for one reason or another.
We are at a loss to understand how buildings without fire hydrants, ventilation, and other safety measures have been allowed to mushroom.
It reminds me of those long, hot, muggy Chicago summer days when I was a child and the neighbourhood teenagers would open a fire hydrant so everyone could cool off.
You must have a fire hydrant near to your home to be able to put out the fire.
There are no working fire hydrants at all down here.