Emergency Services Foundation

The Emergency Service Foundation (ESF) supports the emergency management sector to prevent the incidence and impact of mental injury for the 128,000 volunteers and paid staff who serve us.

While every employer has responsibility for looking after the safety and wellbeing of their people, ESF is the only organisation that is entirely dedicated to the prevention of mental health injury for Victoria’s emergency workers. We do this with the support of 12 member agencies.

Working at the frontline in emergencies can be traumatic. That’s why ESF needs to be at the frontline of mental health, to make sure we have the best possible strategies to help prevent people from our sector being harmed by the work they must do.

ESF seeks to get ahead of the mental harm and injury threat that currently pervades the sector – that’s why our focus is on prevention and early intervention.