fire hose

flexible tube used for delivering water or foam at high pressure, to fight fires
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fire hose

Summary

fire hose ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (505 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • fire hose's physically interacts with is recorded as liquid[2].
  • fire hose is a type of hose[3].
  • fire hose is a type of firefighting equipment[4].
  • fire hose is used for fire safety[5].
  • fire hose is used for fire department[6].
  • fire hose is used for firefighting[7].
  • fire hose's Commons category is recorded as Fire hoses[8].
  • fire hose's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as emergency=fire_hose[9].
  • fire hose's different from is recorded as firehose[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hose[3] and firefighting equipment[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include fire safety[5], fire department[6], and firefighting[7].

Why It Matters

fire hose ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (505 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fire hose. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fire-hose
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fire-hose_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fire hose}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fire-hose}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 11d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Different from firehose
    P14692 Q7011
    Aliases
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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