On Nov. 6, Roseville Fire Department Capt. Michelle Cattaneo installs a smoke detector for a homeowner in the city. Through a state program, the department provides free smoke and CO detectors to Roseville homeowners.

Photo by Maria Allard

ROSEVILLE — 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 didn’t know how, and the devices sat unopened.

The department

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