Welcome Chrishana Fields

Welcome

Welcome Chrishana Fields Fighting fi re behind the scenes

Chrishana Fields is new to the El Dorado Hills Fire Department, but she is not new to the world of fire prevention.

by JANET FULLWOOD photography by CHARLENE TAYLOR / CHARM PHOTOGRAPHY

Not every fire department professional zooms around in a big red truck. Chrishana Fields, the new El Dorado Hills fire marshal, has plenty of experience with that, but her focus now is on fire prevention, risk reduction, education, code compliancy, planning reviews, vegetation management, defensible space, evacuation plans and other aspects of fire protection.

“I’m saving lives now, but from behind the scenes,” she says. “You don’t see the big red truck rolling up when I’m on the job.”

Fields, who lives in Elk Grove and commutes four days a week to El Dorado Hills, has 19 years of field experience, having worked her way through the ranks as inspector, supervisor and deputy fire marshal at the Sacramento Metro Fire Department before landing the El Dorado Hills job last summer. Several of those years were spent working with current Fire Chief Maurice “Mo” Johnson, a longtime El Dorado Hills resident and former fire marshal who’s been in his current position about four years. He has nothing but praise for his new employee.

“I’ve always been enamored by her body of work, depth and breadth of knowledge and how she thrives on teaching new employees about community risk. I knew we needed that here, and she is the perfect person for the job. She provides leadership, coaching . . . building community.”

Like Johnson, who was mentored by firefighters while growing up, Fields came sideways into the field. She was studying nursing, working at McClellan Air Force Base and starting training as an emergency medical technician when a job as inspector with Sac Metro came up. “I was a single mom, and it was better suited for me to be at home at night with my son,” she recalls.

One thing led to another, and she fell in love with and thrived in the field. But it’s not her whole life.

Outside of work, Fields and her husband love to travel. “Mexico, New Mexico, you name it,” she laughs. “We rode motorcycles for a while but gave them up for a Corvette.”

Fields also runs. And sews. Starting off with patterns, she now creates clothing from scratch and has a room in her house devoted to the hobby. “I have several machines and a serger,” she says, “and a whole closet just for fabric!”

Another love is working for a nonprofit that organizes toy drives and mentors youth with exposure to various vocations—including sending kids to fire camp. “It’s a way to turn back and give back,” she says with satisfaction.

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