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Fortem Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the mental fitness and wellbeing of first responder families. Every day, more than 300,000 first responders keep our communities safe. They are backed up by their families: partners, children and parents. All of them hold vital and challenging roles. We help them to be well, and stay well, through mental fitness, support services and wellbeing activities. These are their stories.
Pressures of COVID-19, plus fire & flood disasters make Thank a First Responder Day more important than ever
Less than one week out from Thank a First Responder Day, Fortem Australia is encouraging people in communities across Australia to rally around first responders and help them feel appreciated
Do you want to build a snowman? | Canberra Region Activity Wrap Up
What better way to welcome in Winter than by coming out to Corin Forest to play in the snow! On one of the last days in Autumn, Fortem brought together
All aboard for the Gold Mines! | West Gippsland Region Activity Wrap Up
All aboard for the gold mines! Fortem Australia recently held a wellbeing activity with a difference for West Gippsland first responder families, who stepped back in time to another era
Regional Australians encouraged to get involved in Thank a First Responder Day – June 9.
Australia’s 300,000 first responders play a critical role in their communities – especially in regional towns and villages This year Fortem Australia is urging people in communities small and big across Australia to help first responders feel appreciated by getting involved in Thank a First Responder
12 Months on from the launch of ‘Thank a First Responder Day’. Where did that year go?
The day-to-day life of a first responder is impossible to predict. The day-to-day life of a first responder is impossible to predict. The day-to-day life of a first responder is
Receiving gratitude improves the lives of first responders – here’s how
Gratitude feels good and practising it regularly improves our mental fitness and wellbeing. Gratitude feels good and practising it regularly improves our mental fitness and wellbeing. Gratitude feels good and
Fortem attends Road Crash Rescue Challenge
The bi-annual NSW Road Crash Rescue Challenge, has just been held at the Rural Fire Service’s Hot Fire Training Facility in Mogo, just south of Batemans Bay on the NSW
Fortem events put first responder families front and centre
Fortem Australia has marked International Day Of Families with events, that saw first responders and their families attend activities in locations across Australia, including south west Sydney, Canberra, Gold Coast,
The magic of family fun day! | Gold Coast Region Activity Wrap Up
Saturday 15th May 2021 was International Day of Families and first responder families were treated to a Family Fun Day at Currumbin on the Gold Coast. It was a great
Standing together as a team! | Bega Valley Region Community Engagement
First responder team members from NSW SES Bega Valley Units met at Fishpen in Merimbula on an absolute cracker of a morning for stand up paddleboarding (at least, standing up
Rainy weather makes for better surf lesson! | Gold Coast Region Activity Wrap Up
First responder couples came to Currumbin Beach on a rainy but calm morning for Fortem’s surfing lesson wellbeing activity. The rain was very light but it kept the wind at
New support services for Gippsland first responders and families
First responder families in the Gippsland community now have free local access to mental fitness and wellbeing support with the launch of Fortem Australia. First responder families in the Gippsland
