Abstract According to the scales,architectural styles of residential districts,the article confirms the different types of residential districts electric fire-control system and compares their advantages and disadvantages.Meanwhile,it introduces the system atic structure of electric fire control for different architectural units in residential buildings and the essentials in the process of designing.Moreover,problems that need attention in designing and solutions have also been put forward,especially some designing experiences aiming at the linkage design of various electric fire contro1.