In this part of the world, the firemen hook up to a fire hydrant (formally) or fire plug (informally). A standpipe is a large pipe with big connectors like a fire plug which is found on the side of a building -- a sport of horizontal fire plug which happens to be jutting out of a building wall.
Water in the house comes from the water heater through the spigot (pronounced 'spicket') into the sink (pronounced 'zinc' in Baltimore), bathtub, shower, or laundry tub (a large deep sort of sink found in the basement, or cellar, and used for laundry purposes), sometimes, if plural, called by older persons 'laundry trays'. (These were originally used with the old wringer washers to rinse clothes in.) And if you are a navy or sailing type, the bathroom/loo/cloakroom/toilet may be called the 'head', where you will find the commode, or toilet. [An aside: when we were children, we sometimes had pie a la mode for dessert, which we would call "pie out of the commode" and screech with laughter for a good half hour.]
Here's another set of words for the same thing: in our living room we have a couch, also called a sofa, or what my father would have called a davenport. There is also the recliner, but that's not quite the same thing.
