One week until our International Women’s Day Inspire Inclusion event! We will hear from leaders and people with lived experience. The winners of the Diversity and Inclusion Awards will also be announced and their leading practice showcased. Register here - hpe.currinda.com/register/event…

Registrations for the ESF’s Emergency Management Conference 2024 are now open! This year’s conference navigates the theme, ‘Disasters Have No Boundaries: Navigating the Increasing Frequency and Complexity of Events’. Register here → hpe.com.au/emcmelbourne/r…

Help shape the implementation of ESF’s Family Matters Strategy! The Emergency Services Foundation invites family members of emergency service volunteers and paid staff to join the inaugural ESF Family Matters Advisory Group. Read more here esf.com.au/programs/famil…

Have you seen and experienced ‘a lot’ through your work as a Victorian ES worker (paid or volunteer), and feel like you could benefit from some support? Perhaps you’d be interested in participating in the ESFs Residential Wellbeing Program. Learn more here esf.com.au/residential-we…

Are you the partner or support person of an emergency service volunteer, and want to learn more about how you can best support their, and your own mental health? On Tuesday 2 May ESF will be hosting an online evening workshop for partners. Register here esf.com.au/mental-health-…

ESF was on ABC Melbourne 's The Conversation Hour with Richelle Hunt this week, to discuss what mental health support our emergency service workers need, in the context of the Residential Wellbeing Program currently being piloted. Have a listen here - abc.net.au/listen/program…

The ESF team is wearing orange today to show our gratitude! 🧡 It's #WearOrangeWednesday, a day to celebrate and thank the thousands of VICSES News volunteers who serve the Victorian community around the clock, handling storms, floods, road crash rescues, and much more.

We were on the Mornington Peninsula last night for a Mental Health Matters workshop with the Sorrento SES ! Still plenty of spaces left for 2024 workshops - shoot us a message or register here esf.com.au/programs/menta…

We congratulate Chris Hardman Chris Hardman on his Australian Fire Service Medal, announced in the King’s Birthday 2024 Honours List. It reflects his significant service to land and fire management over 40 years. We spoke to Chris about his career and those who’ve helped make it

Less then four weeks to go for Emergency Management Conference 2023!

ESF welcome Catherine Greaves, Chief Executive Officer at Life Saving Victoria, as Deputy Chair. We are incredibly lucky to be able to draw on a wealth of experience from all all volunteer Board members and are excited to draw on Cath's expertise as we continue our important work.

It's been wonderful seeing Victoria’s emergency management sector coming together in Melbourne today for the 24th Emergency Management Conference! Day 1 highlights have included Cindi Preller from the Pacific Tsunami Museum and Josh Roose on international conflict and terrorism.

We love to get out & about to share our research - this week we are supporting & attending the annual Emergency Services Foundation Emergency Management Conference in Melbourne. If you're at #EMC2024 drop by our booth and learn about our research - it was wonderful to chat with so many people today.

Agriculture Victoria is all over animal disease preparedness at the Emergency Management Conference in Melbourne this week. Thanks Dr Julie Simons and team for the engaging insights into AgVic's important work.

Team work and personal growth were celebrated at EMC 2024 Conference Dinner last night. Thank you to the four reps from the Tony’s Trek crew.. a group of 26 from the Victorian emergency services who made it - as a team - to the Everest base camp this year raising funds for ESF.

With increasing frequency and complexity of disasters, there is a greater need to embrace diversity. Dr Margaret Moreton gave an engaging Claire Zara Oration at EMC2024. “There is no business as usual and communities are recovering from one disaster while they undergo the next”

Register now for an action-packed Emergency Services AFL Match! 📅 18 August, 2024 ⏱️ 3.20pm bounce ⏱️ 12pm-3pm VIP Family Matters Expo 📍 MCG Discounted tickets are now available to all emergency service workers and their families here - esf.com.au/emergency-serv…

Arrive as strangers, leave as friends. The Residential Wellbeing Program offers a safe space for reflection, learning, and growth. We have just wrapped up our fourth pilot group — two more to go! esf.com.au/residential-we…

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Emergency Services AFL Match and our first ever Family Matters Expo! Thank you to our amazing sponsors & partners: Rapid Relief Team, Dippin' Dots, & Sikh Volunteers AU for lunch, Victorian Government, Gallagher Basset, WorkSafe Victoria, Officeworks