Comprehensive system for fire detection and implementing thereof. The disclosed system combines and optimizes optical, electrical, and sensor sub-systems to provide the functionality demanded by the market. While many of the individual functions exist separately, none of the existing products combine elements from different sub-systems to provide a much higher level of functionality. The present disclosure shows how to build a very compact housing around the smoke detector while keeping the reflections from the housing structure to a very low value while satisfying all the other peripheral needs of fast response to smoke and preventing ambient light. This allows very small measurements of light scattering of the smoke particles to be reliable in a device resistant to the negative effects of dust.