Fire Detection System

I left the fire alarm systems field long before wireless systems came to be so I can't offer much in that way. I don't know how your wireless system will be set up but if the devices are using batteries, I don't think it can be classified as low maintenance since you'll have to change the batteries from time to time.

In a conventional system, as long as you install them properly and take care to keep the devices from incidental damage (such as a guy with a ladder smashing a smoke detector as he carried it over his head - the guy happened to be me ), you should not have to maintain the system too much.

I don't know what your interpretation of low maintenance is but you will have to test the system from time to time. That means blowing smoke onto the smoke detectors, triggering the alarm bells, sirens or horns, etc. Most places I know do it once a year. Others do it more frequently.

Thanks Vulcan.

From my point of view, low maintenance means the need to replace defective detectors/ other system components over a period of time. I have used conventional systems at 3-4 places and am satisfied with the performance. But, I am alien to wireless system and would like to specifically know the rate of failure of such smoke/heat detectors and other relevant factors viz. probability of false alarm triggering etc.

Kind regards,

Kamal