Fire Alarm Installation & Maintenance to BS 5839 in Glasgow & Lanarkshire

Advanced detection, full Scottish compliance and systems you can rely on, for commercial premises and homes across Lanarkshire.

For commercial premises, a fire alarm system is a legal duty, not an optional extra. We design and install conventional and addressable panels to BS 5839-1:2025 for offices, retail units and warehouses across Glasgow and Lanarkshire, so you can demonstrate compliance under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 as the premises’ Responsible Person. For homes, the same engineer-led approach applies to the Scottish Tolerable Standard, correctly specified, properly interlinked and fully certified.

AR Systems Ltd is an SSAIB registered installer with £5M public liability insurance, based in Bothwell and working across Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Central Scotland.

Professional fire detection systems

Interlinking: The vital safety feature

When one alarm activates, every alarm in the system sounds, so a fire detected in the kitchen is heard from the bedroom, wherever it starts.

Correct sensor selection

Heat, smoke and optical sensors specified for each room, reducing false alarms from cooking or steam without compromising protection.

Reliability & power redundancy

Mains-powered (Grade D) systems with a tamper-proof, sealed lithium battery backup, so the system stays live if power is lost.

Commercial fire alarm systems in Glasgow and Lanarkshire

For shops, offices, guest houses, HMOs and multi-occupancy buildings, we design zoned conventional panels for smaller premises and addressable panels, which pinpoint the exact detector that has activated, for larger or more complex buildings, all specified to BS 5839-1 categories appropriate to the risk (L1–M).

Domestic fire alarms: the Scottish Tolerable Standard

As of February 2022, the law in Scotland changed significantly, placing stricter fire alarm requirements on every homeowner, not just landlords. If your home does not meet the Tolerable Standard, your home insurance may be invalid and you may face difficulties when trying to sell the property. The standard requires:

One smoke alarm in the living room (the room most used during the day)
One smoke alarm in every hallway and landing on each storey
One heat alarm in the kitchen
All alarms interlinked and ceiling-mounted, so if one sounds, they all sound
A carbon monoxide detector fitted wherever there's a carbon-fuelled appliance, such as a boiler, fire or flue

Types of system

System	Best for	Advantages
Domestic mains-interlinked (Grade D1/D2)	Homes bringing themselves up to the current Scottish Tolerable Standard.	The new standard for all Scottish homes; can integrate carbon monoxide detection alongside smoke and heat alarms.
Wireless interlinked systems	Homes where running cable between rooms would mean disruption, such as period or dry-lined properties.	Sealed 10-year lithium battery units, linked by radio frequency, no cabling and no mess.
Commercial conventional & addressable panels	Shops, guest houses, HMOs and larger or multi-occupancy commercial buildings.	Zoned coverage for smaller premises; addressable panels give the exact location of the detector that has activated in larger buildings.

Every job follows the same five steps, from site survey to handover and certification. See how we work.

Emergency lighting and passive fire protection

As part of a wider fire safety package, we also offer emergency lighting and passive fire protection alongside fire alarm installation, so escape routes stay lit and compartmentation is maintained if a fire does occur.

Fire alarm servicing: how often

BS 5839-1:2025 recommends that a commercial fire alarm is inspected and serviced by a competent person at intervals of no more than six months. Between visits the building’s responsible person should test a different call point each week and record it in the logbook. We carry out six-monthly servicing under a maintenance contract, including on systems installed by other companies, and issue a servicing certificate after each visit.

Where we work

We install and service fire alarm panels for offices and retail units in Glasgow city centre, industrial and distribution buildings at Queenslie and Cambuslang, and commercial premises across Hamilton, Motherwell and East Kilbride. Multi-building sites at business parks such as Hillington Park and Eurocentral can be handled under a single service agreement, with one engineer responsible for the whole site regardless of how many panels are on it.

Questions about fire alarms? See our FAQ.

Request a quote for a fire alarm

Send us the details and we’ll arrange a site visit, or call 0141 291 5085.