Crime & Safety

Roseville Fire Training Reset for this Sunday

The training includes setting several fires inside a building on Grant Street in Downtown Roseville.

If you're headed to Downtown Roseville Sunday, be aware that the Roseville Fire Department will be conducting training exercises and will be setting a series of small room fires at 115 S. Grant St.

The training was , but has been rescheduled. The training will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 22 and will give firefighters the ability to practice fire attack, search and rescue operations.

Only wood pallets and dry straw will be burned inside the building — the building itself will not be allowed to burn.  Precautions have been taken to ensure the safety of the public and all surrounding structures.

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This type of training is essential to maintaining well-trained firefighters and will allow fire personnel a chance to enhance their skills in fire suppression while working in a safe, controlled environment.

The building at 115 S. Grant St. (in front of the Civic Center) is scheduled for demolition to make way the .


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