Every month, Roseville Fire Capt. Michelle Cattaneo and Fire Marshal Bill Ciner visit residents at their homes to install smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. The installations are done at no charge, but residents must live in Roseville and own their homes.
In past years, firefighters distributed the working smoke alarms from the station, where homeowners picked them up. However, it was discovered that oftentimes when residents got home they forgot to install them or didnโt know how, and the devices sat unopened.
The department now provides the free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and installations through a state program started several years ago by Kevin Sehlmeyer, Michiganโs fire marshal from 2017 until he retired this year. Sehlmeyer created a community risk reduction collaboration effort known as โMI Preventionโ in an attempt to reduce fire fatalities and injuries and decrease property loss.
