Administration
Administration Division
The Administration Division of the UC Davis Fire Department is responsible for the business and support functions of the organization including: accreditation management, business office coordination, data analysis, and technology support.
Meghan Scannell
Executive Assistant to the Fire Chief
Hometown: Novato, CA
Meghan began her career at the UC Davis Fire Department in 2006 in the Fire Prevention Division. In 2010, she was offered a position with the Operations Division, and is now the Executive Assistant to the Fire Chief. Additionally, she currently serves as the Northern Division President of the Administrative Fire Services Section of the California Fire Chiefs Association.
Meghan is a graduate of UC Davis, with bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and Native American Studies. At the UC Davis Fire Department, Meghan administers the UC Davis public access Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program, which coordinates the placement of AEDs throughout the campus community. She has been an EMT since 2007, and develops public education used to highlight the importance of CPR and AED training within the community.
In addition to the AED program, Meghan serves as one of two administrators of our records management system, Firehouse. She has instructed on the software for a number of agencies, including the UC Santa Cruz Fire Department and the City of Watsonville Fire Department.
Meghan has always been interested in the fire service, even prior to joining the UC Davis Fire Department. Her initial first-hand exposure to the fire service was in high school, where she spent a summer working for the Marin County Open Space District as a ranger aide. Along with her fellow crew members, she worked on projects including vegetation management, ecosystem restoration, and the establishment of defensible space.
While Open Space offered her first fire-related job, her interest in the fire service was developed genetically, following her two uncles, her father, and her grandfather, who retired from the San Francisco Fire Department as a firefighter, captain, investigator, and assistant chief, respectively. Her great grandfather, also a firefighter in San Francisco, died in 1932 as a result of injuries sustained fighting a fire at St. Ignatius Church, from which Meghan later graduated high school.
As the recently appointed accreditation manager for the department, Meghan looks forward to working with department management and membership to set the future course for the UC Davis Fire Department.
Rochelle Truong
Student Fire Administrative Support Tech
Hometown: Lafayette, CA
Rochelle is currently a fourth year at UC Davis, studying Psychobiology and aspiring to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. The majority of her spare time is devoted to studying, spending time with friends, art (drawing, painting, etc.) and alpha Kappa Delta Phi, an Asian-interest sorority that she belongs to. Rochelle is very excited graduate from UC Davis within the next year and to begin her post-grad adventures.
Rose Hong Truong
Student Fire Administrative Support Tech
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Rose is proud of her Vietnamese and Chinese heritage and speaks three languages. In high school she liked every subject and did a bit of everything: studio art, chem, physics, history, and leadership. Finally, because of a series of community service organizations, Rose decided she wanted to build things and save lives. Combining surgical and engineering fields, she is now in her sophomore year here at Davis in the bio-medical engineering major.
Chloe Marie Flax
Student Fire Administrative Support Tech
Hometown: Larkspur, CA
Chloe is currently a Junior at UC Davis, studying Sociology and hopes to continue on to graduate school. She rides for the UC Davis Western Equestrian Team and hopes to join the Ski Team this winter. Besides school and working with the UCDFD, Chloe enjoys spending time with her friends, frequenting Tahoe, and doing anything outdoors with her dog. In the future, she hopes to work within the medical field to help those in less priviledged areas of the world.
