Patent ID: 6892751

Claim:
A building protection system for controlling the flow of a utility, such as water or gas, through an inlet line into a building, comprising: a valve disposed in the inlet line and having an open position permitting flow of the utility into the building and a closed position preventing flow of the utility into the building, said valve responsive to an electrical signal to move between said open and said closed positions; a manual switch having a first state corresponding to said open position of said valve and a second state corresponding to said closed position of said valve, said switch operable to generate a state signal corresponding to the state of said switch; a wireless transmitter connected to said manual switch and configured to receive said state signal and to generate a transmitted signal corresponding to said state signal, said transmitter being positioned remote from said valve; and a wireless receiver operably associated with said valve and configured to receive said transmitted signal and to generate said electrical signal in relation to said transmitted signal.