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MAST originated in 1979 with the cith of Kansas City purchasing all private ambulance services operating within the City limits of Kansas City, MO. Since that time MAST has been the sole provider of prehospital emergency and non-emergency transport services in Kansas City, MO. The MAST Board of Trustees is appointed by the Mayor of Kansas City, MO and provides oversight of the MAST System. Until July, 2003 the MAST System operated as a Public Utility Model with MAST, the City Health Department, and the Emergency Physicians Advisory Board providing system structure, while a private EMS Contractor operated the system. Beginning July, 2003 - the MAST Board elected not to contract services with a private ambulance company, but instead decided to operate the MAST Ambulance Service solely through the City of Kansas City, MO. Today, all components of the MAST System are directed by the MAST Board of Trustees, the City Health Department, and the Emergency Physicians Advisory Board. Operations of the system occur within the city structure and there are no private ambulance contractors operating within the city of Kansas City, MO. MAST provides ambulance services to Kansas City parkville, avondale, houston lake, riverside, wetherby lake, unincorporated jackson county. The personnel working for MAST are members of the International Association of Firefighters Union, Local I-42. MAST has a labor contract with the Union and all non-management personnel are members of the Union. In 2000 MAST added a non-emergency MAST Coach, Wheelchair Van and Ambulatory Transportation service to the system. MAST Coach was strictly designed to provide transportation to residents that are not medically approved for ambulance transport; however require assistance in movement from one location to another. In 2004, MAST Coach was removed - due to rising costs in Medicare.