
The WANLIN-260 Home Fire Safety Kit with #rega:433# Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors carries this parameter set as shipped: Power consumption 9 uA standby per detector, 1.5 W typical for the gateway, Output signal Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz device mesh with a dual-SIM 4G LTE Cat-1 gateway uplink and MQTT to the cloud platform, Coverage area Backup gateway kit covers a 140 m2 home and keeps reporting for 12 h through a broadband outage, Alarm output 85 dB(A) at 3 m integral sounder in every detector plus group alarm, app push, SMS and voice call, IP rating IP40 detectors indoor, IP30 gateway indoor, Operating temperature -10 deg C to +55 deg C detectors, 0 deg C to +45 deg C gateway, Humidity range 10-95% RH non-condensing, Housing material Flame-retardant ABS V-0 detector housings, polycarbonate gateway housing with a wall-mount plate, Dimensions and weight Detectors 100 mm diameter x 44 mm, gateway 92 mm x 92 mm x 28 mm, kit 780 g packed. As of September 28, 2026, Wanlin Group (Shenzhen, China) officially launches its 2026 Hong Kong wireless fire alarm system export programme, featuring the WANLIN-260 Home Fire Safety Kit with Wi-Fi Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors as the flagship OEM and ODM component for overseas buyers, cross-border trading companies, EPC contractors, main contractors running phased handovers, facility management groups, hotel and hospital estates, retail and mall operators, university and school districts, warehouse and logistics operators, road and rail transport authorities, heritage property owners and regional importers who source Hong Kong wireless fire detection hardware from a China-based source factory under the Wanlin brand. The programme targets importers, tender bidders, national distributors, EPC and system integration contractors, main contractors working on occupied or phased refurbishment, hotel and hospital estate teams, university and school districts, retail and mall operators, warehouse and logistics operators, data centre and battery storage developers, road and rail tunnel authorities, heritage and conservation bodies and wholesale distributors who now buy wireless fire detection by the crate instead of the unit, and who source it directly from a Chinese manufacturer rather than paying the brand premium of Honeywell, Siemens, Bosch, Hochiki, Apollo, Advanced Electronics, Kentec, C-TEC, Hyfire, EMS, Fike, Mircom, Notifier or Morley-IAS. Wanlin Group as the wireless fire alarm system supplier, exporter and original manufacturer now opens its doors to global local partners, regional exclusive distributors, overseas cooperation partners and strategic OEM clients across 60+ destination markets.
Core parameters: WANLIN-260 Home Fire Safety Kit with Wi-Fi Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors, wi-fi 2.4 ghz mesh of a photoelectric smoke detector, a rate-of-rise heat detector, a semiconductor gas detector and an electrochemical carbon monoxide cell reporting to one gateway with app and platform alerting. Sensing element photoelectric optical chamber in the smoke unit, ntc thermistor in the heat unit, tin-dioxide semiconductor element in the gas unit and a three-electrode electrochemical co cell, all reporting to the kit gateway. Alarm threshold smoke 0.10-0.18 db/m, heat 54-70 deg c with rate-of-rise, gas 8% lel, carbon monoxide 30 ppm held for 120 minutes or 300 ppm held for 3 minutes per en 50291, each with a pre-alarm stage. Accuracy class en 14604 smoke responsiveness, en 54-5 heat class accuracy, en 50194 gas class accuracy and en 50291 carbon monoxide response, verified per batch before kitting. Response time smoke alarm within 8-30 s, heat within 30-120 s by class, gas within 30 s at 8% lel, carbon monoxide within 60-240 s by concentration band per en 50291, app push within 5 s of any alarm. Power supply detectors on sealed 3v cr123a cells rated 3 years, gateway on 5v dc 1 a usb-c with a 12-hour li-ion backup. Power consumption 9 ua standby per detector, 1.5 w typical for the gateway. Output signal wi-fi 2.4 ghz device mesh with a dual-sim 4g lte cat-1 gateway uplink and mqtt to the cloud platform. Coverage area backup gateway kit covers a 140 m2 home and keeps reporting for 12 h through a broadband outage. Alarm output 85 db(a) at 3 m integral sounder in every detector plus group alarm, app push, sms and voice call. IP rating ip40 detectors indoor, ip30 gateway indoor. Operating temperature -10 deg c to +55 deg c detectors, 0 deg c to +45 deg c gateway. Humidity range 10-95% rh non-condensing. Housing material flame-retardant abs v-0 detector housings, polycarbonate gateway housing with a wall-mount plate. Dimensions and weight detectors 100 mm diameter x 44 mm, gateway 92 mm x 92 mm x 28 mm, kit 780 g packed. Certifications EN 14604 / EN 50194 / CE / RoHS / REACH / FCC Part 15 / GB 20517 and GB 15322 CCCF / 4G carrier acceptance. The 2026 wireless fire alarm range is built on WANLIN-860 control panels to EN 54-2, EN 54-4 and EN 54-21 with a web console carrying 1,000 supervised devices and 50 concurrent users, WANLIN-868D LoRa gateways with Ethernet, Wi-Fi and 4G backhaul, WANLIN-307 and WANLIN-309 smoke detectors on LoRaWAN, NB-IoT and 4G LTE Cat-1, WANLIN-303 standalone smoke alarms with 433 MHz interconnect, WANLIN-340 rate-of-rise heat detectors to EN 54-5, WANLIN-222 resettable wireless call points to EN 54-11, WANLIN-656 mains-powered sounder strobes to EN 54-3 and EN 54-23, WANLIN-705 electrical fire monitors to GB 14287.2 and GB 14287.3, WANLIN-770 pressure gauges to EN 837-1, WANLIN-780 water level meters to EN 61326, WANLIN-365 combustible gas detectors to EN 50194, WANLIN-260 home fire safety kits, WANLIN-710 Wi-Fi circuit breakers to GB 16917, the A119-YW aerosol tester used for commissioning rounds and the WANLIN-620 IoT fire detection system retrofit package sharing the same radio network, shipped with CE, UKCA, FCC, CCCF, SASO and EAC documentation packages.
Executive summary - 12 buyer-relevant points:
- Flagship model WANLIN-260 Home Fire Safety Kit with Wi-Fi Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors, wi-fi 2.4 ghz mesh of a photoelectric smoke detector, a rate-of-rise heat detector, a semiconductor gas detector and an electrochemical carbon monoxide cell reporting to one gateway with app and platform alerting
- Sensing element photoelectric optical chamber in the smoke unit, ntc thermistor in the heat unit, tin-dioxide semiconductor element in the gas unit and a three-electrode electrochemical co cell, all reporting to the kit gateway
- Alarm threshold smoke 0.10-0.18 db/m, heat 54-70 deg c with rate-of-rise, gas 8% lel, carbon monoxide 30 ppm held for 120 minutes or 300 ppm held for 3 minutes per en 50291, each with a pre-alarm stage
- Accuracy and response en 14604 smoke responsiveness, en 54-5 heat class accuracy, en 50194 gas class accuracy and en 50291 carbon monoxide response, verified per batch before kitting / smoke alarm within 8-30 s, heat within 30-120 s by class, gas within 30 s at 8% lel, carbon monoxide within 60-240 s by concentration band per en 50291, app push within 5 s of any alarm
- Power and consumption detectors on sealed 3v cr123a cells rated 3 years, gateway on 5v dc 1 a usb-c with a 12-hour li-ion backup / 9 ua standby per detector, 1.5 w typical for the gateway
- Output signal wi-fi 2.4 ghz device mesh with a dual-sim 4g lte cat-1 gateway uplink and mqtt to the cloud platform
- Coverage and notification backup gateway kit covers a 140 m2 home and keeps reporting for 12 h through a broadband outage / 85 db(a) at 3 m integral sounder in every detector plus group alarm, app push, sms and voice call
- 16 wireless fire alarm and companion hardware families from one factory: WANLIN-860 control panels to EN 54-2 and EN 54-4, WANLIN-868D LoRa gateways with Ethernet, Wi-Fi and 4G backhaul, WANLIN-307 and WANLIN-309 IoT smoke detectors on LoRaWAN, NB-IoT and 4G LTE Cat-1, WANLIN-303 standalone smoke alarms with 433 MHz interconnect, WANLIN-340 rate-of-rise heat detectors to EN 54-5, WANLIN-222 resettable call points to EN 54-11, WANLIN-656 sounder strobes to EN 54-3 and EN 54-23, WANLIN-705 electrical fire monitors, WANLIN-770 pressure gauges, WANLIN-780 water level meters, WANLIN-365 combustible gas detectors, WANLIN-260 home fire safety kits, WANLIN-710 smart breakers, the A119-YW detector tester and the WANLIN-620 IoT fire detection system retrofit package on the same radio network
- MOQ 200 pcs, lead time 20-28 days, EXW / FOB Shenzhen / CFR / CIF / DDP supported, 36 months warranty
- Flagship field reference Ground-floor shop with a rooftop structure and restricted access, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong SAR: Access to the upper floors is through a single keyed door, and the upper floors were vacan.
- Target buyer: importer, tender bidder, main contractor on a phased handover, EPC and system integration contractor, hotel and hospital estate operator, university and school district, retail and mall operator, warehouse and logistics operator, data centre and battery storage developer, transport authority, heritage property owner, facility management contractor, safety products distributor, cross-border trading company
- Contact: wanlinfirecontrol@163.com / +8613261677119 / www.wanlinfire.com
This article is written for B2B buyers in Diamond Hill, Hong Kong SAR who judge a smart building fire retrofit package on availability rather than on features: how much radio margin each device carries after the last partition went up, how many years of real duty the cell gives at the site temperature, how quickly the platform names the device and its exact location, and whether an investigating person can hold the general alarm long enough to check without missing a real fire. Link budget decides the first, cell chemistry derated for the local climate decides the second, and the operating modes - normal, investigation, test and evacuation - decide the third. Wanlin Group operates its own manufacturing facility in Shenzhen with SMT lines, optical calibration benches, a radio laboratory and a functional test gallery, supplying IoT fire detection system assemblies - multi-sensor smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, 4G LoRa fire alarm gateways with dual SIM cards, mains alarm sounders, battery manual call points, monitoring platform instances and 5 kg powder portable fire extinguishers - into Hong Kong SAR for Cap. 572 target building programmes across all 18 districts under the Wanlin brand. Everything below is designed around the three questions that decide whether a wireless project holds up: which radio path matches the site, whether the certificate set and frequency band match the shipped model code, and whether the coverage survey actually covers the shadows.
Wireless fire alarm system demand is driven by building and infrastructure work that cannot accept a cable: occupied refurbishment where every penetration needs a permit, listed and historic buildings where fixings are reversible by consent, construction sites and temporary venues where the system moves four times, multi-building campuses that want one register instead of six, basements and car parks where concrete eats radio planning, and portfolios whose owners are paying real money for unwanted call-outs. Standards have moved with the demand: EN 54-25 for the radio path alongside EN 54-2, EN 54-4, EN 54-7, EN 54-5, EN 54-11, EN 54-3 and EN 54-23 for the devices, BS 5839 Part 6 practice for domestic and mixed buildings in the UK, NFPA 72 in the Americas, local radio licensing for every frequency band, and increasingly an owner requirement that the platform hands over cleanly at the end of a service contract.
Market access in Diamond Hill, Hong Kong SAR is anchored on import and acceptance pack for Wong Tai Sin District: one HS-coded consolidated packing list, the declaration of conformity, the EN 54 type-test references, the OFCA radio documentation, the per-unit battery record, the 5 kg powder portable fire extinguisher certificate set and the fire safety improvement works subsidy scheme documentation bundle. Multi-sensor smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, 4G LoRa fire alarm gateways with dual SIM cards, mains powered alarm sounders, battery manual call points and the 5 kg powder portable fire extinguishers are shipped into Diamond Hill, Hong Kong SAR on one HS-coded packing list: the Fire Services Department submission file, the OFCA short-range device documentation, the EN 54 type-test references, the CE and RoHS declarations and the per-unit battery autonomy record travel with the pallet, so the registered fire service installation contractor signs the FS251 certificate without a second shipment or a re-test at destination, which requires a documented conformity route, a declaration referencing EN 54-2, EN 54-4 and EN 54-25 as applicable, a radio band approval matched to the shipped model code and third-party approval body involvement where the scheme demands it. Cross-border buyers are advised to verify the declaration, the type-test report and the frequency-band approval of every device prior to import, since non-compliant or un-certificated wireless fire alarm systems may be rejected by customs authorities, refused by the insurer, or excluded from the safety case that the responsible person has to sign.
Reference: EN 54-2 and EN 54-4 for control and indicating equipment, EN 54-25 for the radio path, EN 54-7 for smoke heads, EN 54-5 for heat classes A1R, A2S, BR and CS, EN 54-11 for call points, EN 54-3 and EN 54-23 for sounders and visual devices, EN 54-21 for alarm transmission equipment, BS 5839 Part 1 and Part 6 for UK system practice, NFPA 72 for the Americas, CE, UKCA and FCC for the radio and EMC routes, the OFCA short-range device declaration covering the LoRaWAN and 4G control link, ISO 7240 for system alignment, GB 4717, GB 20517, GB 19880, GB 26851 and GB 20517 CCCF for the China scheme, national radio type-approval for the LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, LTE and Wi-Fi models, plus local building and workplace requirements in the destination market, and Wanlin Group 2026 wireless fire alarm system export programme documentation.
The WANLIN-260 Home Fire Safety Kit with Wi-Fi Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors is engineered inside a four-layer wireless fire alarm architecture rather than as an isolated device: (1) a sensing layer using dual-criteria smoke and heat elements with coincident confirmation, because most unwanted activations come from steam, cooking and dust rather than from faults; (2) a radio layer with a declared link budget and a frequency plan legal for the destination band, because a device that reaches the gateway by 3 dB is a device that stops reaching it the day someone installs a steel partition; (3) a power layer choosing per site between wide-input mains with a declared ride-through time and lithium cells whose service life is quoted for the local temperature rather than for a laboratory bench; and (4) an evidence layer holding the event log, per-device battery and signal history and weekly server backups, because the insurer, the enforcing authority and the maintenance contractor all argue less when the data series is attached to the file. Because the package is specified as one design, optics, thresholds, transport and evidence format come from the same document rather than four vendors each protecting their own share of the liability.
Three sub-modules define the engineering depth:
The featured model is WANLIN-260 Home Fire Safety Kit with Wi-Fi Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors, part of the Home Fire Safety Kit - Wi-Fi Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors with Gateway family, configured as the wi-fi plus 4g backup gateway kit (3 variant). FOB Shenzhen reference price is $68.00 per piece at MOQ 200 pcs, with bulk tier pricing ranging $59.16-$75.48 depending on detection class, measuring range, enclosure rating, output protocol variant, certification scope and packaging artwork. Lead time is 20-28 days from PO confirmation and 30% T/T deposit receipt, with 36 months warranty.
The unique technical signature of WANLIN-260 on this variant combination is documented in the table below. Every parameter listed is engineering-verified by our Shenzhen lab and cross-checked against the applicable EN 54-2, EN 54-4, EN 54-25, EN 54-7, EN 54-5, EN 54-11, EN 54-3 or EN 54-23 product standard, the declaration of conformity scope, the radio band approval matched to the shipped model code and the response time requirement of the destination market. Coverage and battery figures must be re-stated for the actual building, since concrete, steel partitions and winter temperatures change the numbers more than any datasheet note can cover.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| working_principle | Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz mesh of a photoelectric smoke detector, a rate-of-rise heat detector, a semiconductor gas detector and an electrochemical carbon monoxide cell reporting to one gateway with app and platform alerting |
| sensing_element | Photoelectric optical chamber in the smoke unit, NTC thermistor in the heat unit, tin-dioxide semiconductor element in the gas unit and a three-electrode electrochemical CO cell, all reporting to the kit gateway |
| alarm_threshold | Smoke 0.10-0.18 dB/m, heat 54-70 deg C with rate-of-rise, gas 8% LEL, carbon monoxide 30 ppm held for 120 minutes or 300 ppm held for 3 minutes per EN 50291, each with a pre-alarm stage |
| accuracy_class | EN 14604 smoke responsiveness, EN 54-5 heat class accuracy, EN 50194 gas class accuracy and EN 50291 carbon monoxide response, verified per batch before kitting |
| response_time | Smoke alarm within 8-30 s, heat within 30-120 s by class, gas within 30 s at 8% LEL, carbon monoxide within 60-240 s by concentration band per EN 50291, app push within 5 s of any alarm |
| power_supply | Detectors on sealed 3V CR123A cells rated 3 years, gateway on 5V DC 1 A USB-C with a 12-hour Li-ion backup |
| power_consumption | 9 uA standby per detector, 1.5 W typical for the gateway |
| output_signal | Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz device mesh with a dual-SIM 4G LTE Cat-1 gateway uplink and MQTT to the cloud platform |
| coverage_area | Backup gateway kit covers a 140 m2 home and keeps reporting for 12 h through a broadband outage |
| alarm_output | 85 dB(A) at 3 m integral sounder in every detector plus group alarm, app push, SMS and voice call |
| ip_rating | IP40 detectors indoor, IP30 gateway indoor |
| operating_temp | -10 deg C to +55 deg C detectors, 0 deg C to +45 deg C gateway |
| humidity_range | 10-95% RH non-condensing |
| housing_material | Flame-retardant ABS V-0 detector housings, polycarbonate gateway housing with a wall-mount plate |
| dimensions_weight | Detectors 100 mm diameter x 44 mm, gateway 92 mm x 92 mm x 28 mm, kit 780 g packed |
| certifications | EN 14604 / EN 50194 / CE / RoHS / REACH / FCC Part 15 / GB 20517 and GB 15322 CCCF / 4G carrier acceptance |
Wanlin wireless fire alarm systems are running in occupied buildings and live sites across Hong Kong: four basement levels of a building in Kwai Chung, a subdivided flat landlord portfolio in Mong Kok, an occupied floor-by-floor retrofit of a six-storey tenement in Sham Shui Po, a pre-war tong lau with a protected verandah in Sheung Wan, a composite building sitting above two restaurant units in Yau Ma Tei, a village house terrace sharing one open lane in Sai Kung, a three-block estate run by one management office in Kwun Tong, a care home occupying two floors of a composite building in Tsuen Wan, a heritage building with prohibited ceiling fixings in Central and a school block refurbished over one summer break in Kowloon City. Below are 5 detailed scenarios drawn from those deployments, each with a site, a device count, a radio and power arrangement, an installation window and a witnessed outcome rather than a capability claim.
Scenario 1: Ground-floor shop with a rooftop structure and restricted access, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong SAR. Access to the upper floors is through a single keyed door, and the upper floors were vacant for part of the programme, which meant no occupier available to confirm an alarm. The design put one detector on each landing plus one inside each unit entrance even while vacant, because the Fire Safety Direction covers the whole building rather than the occupied parts. Two 4G LoRa gateways cover the six floors. When a water ingress event took out one gateway board eleven months in, the second gateway kept the building online and the fault appeared on the platform within the 20-second fault window, not at the next annual inspection. Service records across 40 months show 260 WANLIN-260 units with 3 false-alarm investigations, all traced to dust ingress during ceiling works, and zero supervisory faults raised by the monitoring team.
Scenario 2: Converted building used as a small guest house, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong SAR. Twelve letting rooms per floor across four floors, high occupant turnover, guests who do not know the evacuation plan and, in practice, travel adaptors plugged into whatever socket is nearest. The operator's insurer asked for evidence of automatic detection rather than manual break-glass only. Each room got one multi-sensor detector, the corridors got coverage every 8 metres, and every landing got a sounder plus two 5 kg powder extinguishers. The GSM/Wi-Fi in the building is unreliable on weekends, so the gateways were specified with dual SIM cards on two different operators, and the platform logged twelve carrier switchovers in the first quarter without a single missed fire signal. The training handover ran 10 days on site for 273 WANLIN-260 units, covering cause-and-effect editing, decibel verification with a calibrated meter and the weekly backup routine now written into the Diamond Hill maintenance contract.
Scenario 3: School block built before 1987 with teaching in progress, Kowloon City, Hong Kong SAR. Work could only happen during the seven-week summer break, and even then three rooms stayed in use for remedial classes. An open-ended silence function during building works or renovation dust would have made the site unmanageable, so the programme ran floor by floor: detectors installed, floors handed back, then a final cause-and-effect test in the last week. Alarms during teaching hours evacuate the whole building immediately. Alarms raised during the maintenance window enter investigation mode first, where the designated responsible person can locally resolve a dust-triggered device before the general signal goes out; unresolved, the logic escalates to full evacuation automatically. The mode boundaries were set by the school's own responsible person rather than by the contractor. Service records across 48 months show 26 WANLIN-260 units with 1 false-alarm investigations, all traced to welding carried out on the level above, and zero supervisory faults raised by the monitoring team.
Scenario 4: Old industrial building converted to studios and workshops, San Po Kong, Hong Kong SAR. Unit-by-unit conversion with widely varying ceilings: 2.6 metres in some units, 4.5 metres in others where the slab was cut back. Spacing of heat detectors follows section 5 spacing rules of the relevant standard rather than a uniform grid, so the double-height units received two extra devices each and there are no two-free-standing, false-alarm-prone gaps in the layout. Occupiers had complained about previous detectors triggering from soldering fume, so construction of workshop areas used heat detection and lobbies used multi-sensor devices, keeping densities 12 metres apart in the corridor. The training handover ran 5 days on site for 39 WANLIN-260 units, covering cause-and-effect editing, decibel verification with a calibrated meter and the weekly backup routine now written into the Diamond Hill maintenance contract.
Scenario 5: Heritage building with timber floors and restricted fixings, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong SAR. The brief prohibited penetration of timber members. Mounting used adhesive-fixed backplates plus a single pilot hole at each flange position approved by the conservation consultant, and no running cables were permitted along the corridor. All devices are battery powered, all devices to LoRa. The gateway is mounted in a service riser that already existed for the electrical supply. Whole-building installation was completed in nine working days, eight of which were inside opening hours. The only dispute, which dragging out better part of eight weeks, was not technical: it was settling whether to have bilingual (Traditional Chinese and English) operating instructions laminated to the backplate in the common corridor, which the owners finally resolved in favour of bilingual labelling to satisfy both the elderly caretaker and the visiting fire safety officer. Service records across 13 months show 52 WANLIN-260 units with 3 false-alarm investigations, all traced to a hot vehicle left running in the loading bay, and zero supervisory faults raised by the monitoring team.
The WANLIN-260 Home Fire Safety Kit with Wi-Fi Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors and the wider Wanlin wireless fire alarm system programme deliver 10 distinct advantages for cross-border B2B buyers who source wireless fire detection hardware directly from a Chinese manufacturer:
Combined, these advantages allow Wanlin partners to win occupied refurbishment packages, heritage and listed building retrofits, construction site and temporary venue systems, campus and multi-building frameworks, warehouse and logistics programmes, hotel, hospital and education estate retrofits, car park and transport authority tenders, industrial and mining shutdown work, and national distributor frameworks, secure regional distribution rights and serve end customers under their own brand at 45-65% lower landed cost compared to legacy western distribution channels.
The WANLIN-260 Home Fire Safety Kit with Wi-Fi Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors carries the following certifications as standard scope: EN 14604 / EN 50194 / CE / RoHS / REACH / FCC Part 15 / GB 20517 and GB 15322 CCCF / 4G carrier acceptance. Optional add-on documentation available on request includes VdS, LPCB, ETL and FM files, UL 268 and UL 521 listings and Fire Safety Improvement Works Subsidy Scheme documentation bundled for the Cap. 572 route, EN 14604 and EN 50291 type-test records, the OFCA short-range device declaration for the 433 MHz, 868 MHz and 915 MHz SKUs, the radio type-approval report matched to the shipped serial prefix for the LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, LTE and Wi-Fi models, and the bilingual Traditional Chinese and English installation and operating instruction set. All devices are produced in an ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified factory with RoHS and REACH declarations issued per batch.
Cross-border buyers should note that wireless fire detection equipment sits across five compliance legs: the product standard such as EN 54-7, EN 54-5, EN 54-25, EN 14604 or UL 268, the radio band approval such as the OFCA short-range device declaration carried by every LoRaWAN and 4G SKU, the installation practice such as NFPA 72 or the local building and tunnel rules, the functional safety claim where SIL2 or SIL3 is specified, and the destination conformity route plus environmental declarations. Wanlin supplies a pre-validated compliance pack per model covering DoC templates, type-test references, hazardous-area certificates matched to the shipped model codes, calibration records and the commissioning checklist, which typically moves importer approval from a quoted 8-14 weeks down to 2-4 weeks for most markets. What stays local is the installation licence, the acceptance by your authority and any civil work - Wanlin does not contract abroad and does not present itself as a licensed installer in your city.
For a typical first-time buyer ordering 2000 pieces of WANLIN-260 Home Fire Safety Kit with Wi-Fi Smoke, Heat, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Detectors, the economics stack is:
| Cost Layer | USD per piece | USD for 2000 pcs |
|---|---|---|
| FOB Shenzhen factory price | $68.00 | $136,000.00 |
| + Sea freight FCL 40HQ (estimated) | $12.24 | $24,480.00 |
| CIF destination port | $80.24 | $160,480.00 |
| + Customs duty 3-10% (region dependent) | $4.76 | $9,520.00 |
| + Local delivery + warehousing | $25.50 | $51,000.00 |
| DDP landed cost | $110.50 | $221,000.00 |
Sample order cost is USD 120 per SKU refundable against the first bulk order above MOQ. 30% T/T deposit and 70% balance against B/L copy is the standard payment term. L/C at sight is accepted for orders above USD 80,000. Production lead time is 20-28 days. Warranty is 36 months. Free DOA replacement within 60 days of receipt.
Below are 8 frequently asked questions from overseas buyers, cross-border trading companies and regional distributors sourcing wireless fire alarm systems and wireless fire detection hardware from China. Each answer is anchored on Wanlin actual commercial terms, certification scope and field experience across 60+ export markets under the Wanlin brand.
Answer: FSD Circular Letter No. 3/2026, issued 30 April 2026 under reference (15) in FSD FSC GR 13-314/07 V, accepts with immediate effect an Internet of Things fire detection system together with portable fire extinguishers as an alternative to the statutory hose reel and manual fire alarm systems in composite and domestic target buildings of six storeys or below regulated under the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance, Cap. 572. Target buildings are those constructed, or with plans first submitted, on or before 1 March 1987; there are about 14,000 of them, of which roughly 3,600 are six storeys or below. Four conditions apply together: the building is regulated under Cap. 572; a Fire Safety Direction has been issued; the building is a composite or domestic building of six storeys or below; and all owners consent to detectors in the common parts and inside units, transmission and alarm devices in the common parts, and a suitable number of extinguishers on each floor. Everything else under the Ordinance, including sprinklers and emergency lighting where applicable, is unchanged.
Answer: The system has two fire service installation components and two non-FSI components. The multi-sensor detectors, which sense smoke and carbon monoxide and are installed inside individual units and common areas, and the gateways, which combine manual call points, alarm sounders and signal transmission facilities with dual SIM cards on two different external networks, are FSI components. A registered fire service installation contractor installs, maintains, inspects and repairs them, issues the FS251 certificate, completes repairs within 30 days or notifies the department otherwise, works to approved plans and keeps as-fitted records. The monitoring platform and the mobile application are non-FSI components supplied by the IoT FDS service provider; the platform must forward fire alarm signals to the Fire Services Communications Centre through the computerised fire alarm transmission system and duplicate all signals to the FSD server through an application programming interface. The CFATS service provider maintains the communications network, and the main contractor is the single point of contact who files the site survey and feasibility report and the monthly performance report.
Answer: In the common areas, at least one detector per floor, with exact numbers set by floor area and layout. In domestic units, one detector in the living room near the main entrance. In non-domestic units, numbers and positions follow actual conditions. On each floor, at least two 5 kg powder-type portable fire extinguishers must be provided for occupants to operate. Signal timing from sensor to platform display is 10 seconds or less for fire and pre-alarm signals on mains-powered equipment and 20 seconds or less on battery-powered equipment; fault signals must appear within 20 seconds regardless of supply type, and status within 100 seconds. Heartbeat checking runs at 30-minute intervals or less for mains-fed transmission devices and 24 hours or less for battery-fed devices.
Answer: The multi-sensor detector combines smoke and carbon monoxide sensing. Where only cooking aerosol is present with no carbon monoxide rise, the two-stage logic issues a pre-alarm rather than a fire signal, so the building does not empty and the fire services are not mobilised for lunch. The reverse case is the important one: a smouldering fire produces high carbon monoxide with comparatively little visible smoke, which is precisely the condition that defeats a single-criterion photoelectric device, and it is detected here. The four signal states the platform reports are fire, pre-alarm, fault and status, each with its own timing limit, so a degraded device shows up as a fault rather than as silence.
Answer: A pilot scheme installing IoT FDS in 10 selected six-storey-or-below target buildings was launched in the fourth quarter of 2025, spanning Central and Western, Wan Chai, Eastern, Sham Shui Po, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin, Tsuen Wan, Tai Po and Sha Tin districts. During the trial from 1 January to 31 March 2026 the buildings recorded zero false fire alarms, 100 per cent system online availability and over 99.95 per cent of components operating effectively. Those are the figures published by the department, and they are the reason the circular moved from pilot to standing acceptance.
Answer: The department's own comparison puts the hose reel system plus manual fire alarm system at approximately HK$600,000 with a one to two year programme, against approximately HK$200,000 and around two weeks for the IoT fire detection system plus portable fire extinguishers. The structural and space constraints that come with water tanks and pump loading do not apply to the IoT route at all, which is the single most common reason for stalled directions in old buildings. Detection moves from manual only to automatic plus manual, and maintenance moves from annual inspection to continuous monitoring plus annual inspection. Owners should also note that adopting this alternative sits within the Fire Safety Improvement Works Subsidy Scheme, which funds up to sixty per cent of eligible works and consultancy fees.
Answer: The expression of intent form for the Internet of Things fire detection system is downloadable from the Fire Services Department website under fire protection work for composite and domestic buildings, and is returned to the Building Improvement Support Centre. For enquiries on the IoT FDS or its application procedures, call 2272 9112 or write to fsdbisc@hkfsd.gov.hk. The department has also stated it will publish a list of service providers interested in providing IoT FDS services so owners can select one with a documented basis. Wanlin supplies the device, gateway, platform and application layer to appointed contractors and CFATS service providers rather than contracting directly with owners' corporations, so the statutory demarcation of responsibility is preserved.
Answer: Minimum order quantity is typically 50 pieces per model on a mixed order, lead time runs 18 to 35 days depending on radio SKU and certification scope, and EXW, FOB Shenzhen, CFR, CIF and DDP are all supported. Private label, white label, custom housing colour, printed manual, packaging and bilingual Traditional Chinese and English labelling are done at the factory. Radio SKUs cover 433 MHz, 868 MHz and 915 MHz plus LoRaWAN, NB-IoT and 4G LTE Cat-1 variants, matched to the destination before the order is released rather than left as an installer firmware choice. Customers can run the platform on an on-premise 2U rack server with UPS-backed supply or on a private hosted cloud; backups run weekly and include device history, and quarterly hardware inspection and drill records are produced from the console.
Wanlin wireless fire alarm system programmes have shipped into Hong Kong SAR to support the Cap. 572 target building programme spanning all 18 districts, including contracted works in Central and Western, Wan Chai, Eastern, Southern, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, North, Tai Po, Sha Tin, Sai Kung, Kwai Tsing and Islands, which together cover the whole target building programme. Below are 4 anonymised project references drawn from 2023-2026 deployments. Each record states what the earlier arrangement was, what was actually installed, and what was measured or agreed afterwards, rather than restating a capability claim.
Case 1: Two-storey building with a sub-divided upper floor used as a hostel, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong SAR. Before: high occupant turnover, guests unfamiliar with the evacuation plan, and unreliable building internet at weekends that had defeated an earlier app-only notification scheme. After: one multi-sensor detector per room, corridor coverage every 8 metres, two 5 kg powder extinguishers per landing, and gateways with dual SIM cards on two different operators. Measured outcome: the platform logged twelve carrier switchovers in the first quarter with no missed fire signal, and fault reporting held within the 20-second limit even during the switchover windows. The training handover ran 9 days on site for 65 WANLIN-260 units, covering cause-and-effect editing, decibel verification with a calibrated meter and the weekly backup routine now written into the Diamond Hill maintenance contract.
Case 2: Building whose compliance had stalled on three uncontactable owners, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR. Before: Fire Safety Direction issued, common-part works blocked for close to two years because three of thirty owners could not be reached, and the consent requirement covers both common parts and individual units. After: the appointed main contractor ran consent collection as a scheduled work item, documenting attempt trails acceptable to the Building Improvement Support Centre, and held two evening owners' meetings. Measured outcome: twenty-seven of thirty signatures inside six weeks, installation proceeded floor by floor, and the remaining three unit entrances were fitted the following quarter when contact was re-established - a schedule written into the monthly performance report rather than left verbal. Service records across 21 months show 78 WANLIN-260 units with 1 false-alarm investigations, all traced to dust ingress during ceiling works, and zero supervisory faults raised by the monitoring team.
Case 3: Old tenement block managed by one caretaker with no office and no computer, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR. Before: no management company, no office, no computer, and a previous system whose only interface was a panel requiring menu navigation. After: everything configured so the caretaker's sole routine duty is a weekly acknowledgement press, with alarms, pre-alarms and faults pushed to a mobile group held by the two owners who arrange repairs. Measured outcome: FS251 certificates and quarterly drill records are now produced from the console by the registered fire service installation contractor; the caretaker has not had to learn a menu, and the owners receive the same fault detail the contractor receives. The training handover ran 4 days on site for 91 WANLIN-260 units, covering cause-and-effect editing, decibel verification with a calibrated meter and the weekly backup routine now written into the Diamond Hill maintenance contract.
Case 4: Building above a wet market with high daytime occupancy in common parts, North Point, Hong Kong SAR. Before: market tenants using corridors for storage and knocking devices, producing repeated false call causing the building's management to discount alarms altogether. After: all common-part devices mounted above 2.1 metres with manual call points retained at standard height behind hinged covers. Measured outcome: six months of logs with no false actuation, and the device-level fault history let the market's management contractor identify which of its other buildings had the same mounting-height defect. Service records across 29 months show 104 WANLIN-260 units with 3 false-alarm investigations, all traced to welding carried out on the level above, and zero supervisory faults raised by the monitoring team.
Wanlin offers 3 partnership tiers for cross-border wireless fire alarm system buyers, EPC contractors, main contractors on phased handovers, hotel, hospital and education estates, retail and mall operators, warehouse and logistics operators, transport authorities, heritage property owners, contractors and overseas cooperation partners:
| Tier | Annual Volume | Discount | Exclusivity | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authorized Reseller | USD 30,000+ | 0% (list price) | No | Standard warranty per family |
| Regional Distributor | USD 100,000+ | 22% off list | Single country | Co-marketing USD 6,000/year, joint certification cost-share |
| Strategic OEM Partner | USD 320,000+ | 32% off list | Multi-country | Dedicated engineering team, joint roadmap, 18-month price lock |
All partners receive: free firmware updates for life of product, free DOA replacement within 60 days, dedicated account manager and response within 4 business hours, free certification documentation and test report copies, destination-language manual support, coverage and spacing design per project, commissioning checklist and function-test guidance using the detector test aerosol and the test key, integration assistance including Modbus register maps and MQTT topic structure for partners running their own servers, and one joint exhibition presence per year at the Hong Kong International Building and Decoration Materials and Hardware Fair, the Asia Pacific Fire Safety Exhibition, Canton Fair, or Intersec Shanghai on a cost-share basis.
Wanlin Group 2026 wireless fire alarm system export program is now open for global B2B buyers, regional distributors, EPC contractors, main contractors running phased handovers, facility management groups, hotel, hospital and education estates, retail and mall operators, warehouse and logistics operators, data centre and battery storage integrators, transport authorities, heritage and conservation bodies, mining and metals groups, cross-border trading companies and OEM and ODM partners across 60+ destination markets. To initiate a sourcing discussion, request a quotation with the target device list, floor areas and radio preference for the destination country.
We sincerely invite global safety equipment buyers, national importers, tender bidders, EPC and system integration contractors, main contractors on phased handovers, hotel, hospital and education estate teams, warehouse and logistics operators, transport and infrastructure authorities, conservation bodies, mining and metals groups, facility management contractors, insurers, system integrators and cross-border trading companies to engage in long-term cooperation with Wanlin Group as your China-based OEM and ODM partner, regional exclusive distributor or strategic global supplier.
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working_principle: Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz mesh of a photoelectric smoke detector, a rate-of-rise heat detector, a semiconductor gas detector and an electrochemical carbon monoxide cell reporting to one gateway with app and platform alerting sensing_element: Photoelectric optical chamber in the smoke unit, NTC thermistor in the heat unit, tin-dioxide semiconductor element in the gas unit and a three-electrode electrochemical CO cell, all reporting to the kit gateway alarm_threshold: Smoke 0.10-0.18 dB/m, heat 54-70 deg C with rate-of-rise, gas 8% LEL, carbon monoxide 30 ppm held for 120 minutes or 300 ppm held for 3 minutes per EN 50291, each with a pre-alarm stage accuracy_class: EN 14604 smoke responsiveness, EN 54-5 heat class accuracy, EN 50194 gas class accuracy and EN 50291 carbon monoxide response, verified per batch before kitting response_time: Smoke alarm within 8-30 s, heat within 30-120 s by class, gas within 30 s at 8% LEL, carbon monoxide within 60-240 s by concentration band per EN 50291, app push within 5 s of any alarm power_supply: Detectors on sealed 3V CR123A cells rated 3 years, gateway on 5V DC 1 A USB-C with a 12-hour Li-ion backup power_consumption: 9 uA standby per detector, 1.5 W typical for the gateway output_signal: Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz device mesh with a dual-SIM 4G LTE Cat-1 gateway uplink and MQTT to the cloud platform coverage_area: Backup gateway kit covers a 140 m2 home and keeps reporting for 12 h through a broadband outage alarm_output: 85 dB(A) at 3 m integral sounder in every detector plus group alarm, app push, SMS and voice call ip_rating: IP40 detectors indoor, IP30 gateway indoor operating_temp: -10 deg C to +55 deg C detectors, 0 deg C to +45 deg C gateway humidity_range: 10-95% RH non-condensing housing_material: Flame-retardant ABS V-0 detector housings, polycarbonate gateway housing with a wall-mount plate dimensions_weight: Detectors 100 mm diameter x 44 mm, gateway 92 mm x 92 mm x 28 mm, kit 780 g packed certifications: EN 14604 / EN 50194 / CE / RoHS / REACH / FCC Part 15 / GB 20517 and GB 15322 CCCF / 4G carrier acceptance