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A building perimeter fire suppressing system for preventing brush and forest fires from engulfing building structure. The building perimeter fire suppressing system includes a water source; and also includes a plurality of pipelines having a plurality of water outlets being spaced therealong and bei

A building perimeter fire suppressing system for preventing brush and forest fires from engulfing building structure. The building perimeter fire suppressing system includes a water source; and also includes a plurality of pipelines having a plurality of water outlets being spaced therealong and being connected to the water source and being adapted to be disposed underground and on exteriors of building structures; and further includes valve assemblies being attached to the pipelines with each of the valve assemblies including a housing having a respective pipeline being disposed therethrough with a valve member being removably disposed inline of a respective pipeline; and also includes valve actuators being connected to the valve assemblies.

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1. A building perimeter fire suppressing system comprising:a water source;a plurality of pipelines having a plurality of water outlets being spaced therealong and being connected to said water source and being adapted to be disposed underground and on exteriors of building structures, said pipelines

1. A building perimeter fire suppressing system comprising:a water source;a plurality of pipelines having a plurality of water outlets being spaced therealong and being connected to said water source and being adapted to be disposed underground and on exteriors of building structures, said pipelines including main pipelines, and also including branch members being spaced apart and being in fluid communication with said main pipelines;valve assemblies being attached to said pipelines, each of said valve assemblies including a housing having respective said pipelines being disposed therethrough, and also including a valve member being removably disposed inline of respective said pipelines, said housing has having end and side walls, and also has having diametrically-opposed openings being disposed through said side wall thereof and through which a respective said main pipeline is extended, and further has having a hole being disposed through one of said end walls thereof with a respective said branch member being disposed in said housing, said valve member being movable in and between a respective said main pipeline and a respective said branch member, and is generally a plug, each of said valve assemblies further including an elongate valve support member being movable through a hole in a respective said main pipeline and having a first end which is securely attached to said valve member and also having a second end and being movable through said hole in said housing, and also including a block member being attached about said elongate valve support member in said housing, and further including a spring member being disposed about said elongate valve support member and being disposed between one of said end walls of said housing and said block member for moving said valve member from in a respective said main pipeline into a respective said branch member; andvalve actuators being connected to said valve assemblies, each of said valve actuators including an anchor member being adapted to be securely attached to a building structure and to a ground, and also including a bracket member being mounted to said anchor member, and further including a linkage member being releaseably held to said bracket member and being connected to said elongate valve support member, and also including a heat sensitive linkage-releasing coupling member being attached to said linkage member and to said bracket member. 2. A building perimeter fire suppressing system as described in claim 1, wherein said anchor member is a stake having a ground-penetrating portion, and also having an end portion which is angled relative to said ground-penetrating portion. 3. A building perimeter fire suppressing system as described in claim 2, wherein said bracket member includes a first portion having a hole being disposed therethrough and through which said end portion of said anchor member is disposed, and also includes a second portion having laterally-extending slot being disposed therethrough. 4. A building perimeter fire suppressing system as described in claim 3, wherein said linkage member is an elongate plate which is releaseably retained through said laterally-extending slot and which has a hole being disposed therethrough near an end thereof. 5. A building perimeter fire suppressing system as described in claim 4, wherein said heat sensitive linkage-retaining/releasing coupling member is generally made of a thermal-decoupling material. 6. A building perimeter fire suppressing system as described in claim 5, wherein each of said valve actuators further includes a ring member being connected to said second end of said elongate valve support member and being disposed through said hole in said linkage member.