Michael Mason serves as the Section Chief of Administration in the San Francisco Fire Department’s Community Paramedicine Division. Chief Mason was activated during San Francisco’s Covid-19 response, during which he led a multi-agency team which assessed and transported over 1,700 unhoused individuals directly from the street into shelter-in-place hotel and congregate shelters over 7 months. In 2021 he helped support the planning and launch of the Street Overdose Response Team, a collaborative effort with the Department of Public Health to actively reduce drug overdose mortality in vulnerable populations. Chief Mason’s work has focused on cross-agency data integration and sharing, shelter and housing access for EMS patients, and data-driven program development and analysis. His program development experience in the Fire Department, particularly the Community Paramedic Division, has led him to pursue a Master of Public Administration at San Francisco State University.