Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson is a senior safety engineer at Cal/OSHA and a commissioner on the Berkeley, California, Disaster and Fire Safety Commission, where he led the effort to establish a Street Trauma Prevention program at the Berkeley Fire Department. He previously served for 13 years in the California EMS and fire service as an EMT, firefighter, and paramedic. He organized EMS workers with SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West and served as president of the Salinas Firefighters Association, Local 1270 of the International Association of Firefighters. He can be reached on LinkedIn.

Fire Department

It’s Time for the Fire Service to Join Communities in Preventing Street Trauma

First responders across the country are struggling with the trauma of witnessing constant car crashes — and joining the fight for better infrastructure that prevents these tragedies before they happen.

Mike Wilson

October 17, 2025