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FIRE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES: <br />Fire prevention activities in Roseville are conducted by a full <br />time Fire Marshal and part time Deputy Fire Marshals (equivalent <br />to half time position). Most of the Fire Marshal' activities''are <br />directed at new construction, remodeling', plan review, and <br />complaints. At the present time there is no on -going inspection <br />program of existing occupancies. <br />The City of Roseville has adopted the 1982 edition of. the <br />Minnesota Uniform Fire Code (MUFC). In addition, some local <br />amendments have been promulgated in the interest of fire safety. <br />The MUFC authorizes (and in many cases requires) inspection. of <br />existing structures and occupancies. Among the types of <br />occupancies to be inspected are multiple residential structures <br />with four or more units (apartment buildings). Single family <br />dwellings and townhouses traditionally do not require inspections <br />by fire prevention personnel. <br />The MUFC requires fire alarm systems in apartment buildings three <br />or more stories in height or in buildings with sixteen or more; <br />apartment units. The Minnesota Uniform Building Code (MUBC), and <br />the MUFC require the installation of automatic sprinkler <br />protection only in the larger buildings that are built of <br />combustible construction. The MUBC does contain an amendment for <br />local adoption which is more stringent and mandates automatic <br />sprinkler protection for smaller apartment buildings. At this <br />time Roseville has not adopted this amendment. <br />