First responders protect and care for our communities. The work they do and have done is vitally important. It is also often confronting, traumatic, and dangerous.
Fortem Australia was established in mid-2019 to fill an urgent need for mental health and wellbeing support for first responders and their families, further intensified by the devastating Black Summer bushfires in 2019-2020, and the associated trauma endured by first responders and their loved ones.
We use research and best-practice to develop wellbeing activities, community engagement, and psychological services which support the mental health and wellbeing of the people who work in our national security and emergency responder communities. This means supporting their families too.
Family members of first responders can be vicariously traumatised through secondary exposure. This, alongside challenges of shift work, lone parenting, concern for their loved one, and the impacts of their duties — even after leaving service — can take a toll on wellbeing and relationships. We exist to connect first responders and their inner circles to create stronger, healthier relationships and lifestyles.
Fortem Australia is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).
Fortem Australia acknowledges First Nations peoples and communities as the Traditional Owners of the land. We acknowledge and pay our respects to Elders past and present, and emerging leaders.
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