{"id":4405,"date":"2019-11-27T17:30:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T17:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2019-11-27T17:30:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T17:30:27","slug":"nsw-asks-are-they-triple-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/27\/nsw-asks-are-they-triple-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW ASKS \u2018ARE THEY TRIPLE OK?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police officers, firefighters, ambulance officers and SES volunteers have come together to share their stories about mental health and the unique challenges of working on the frontline during a launch for \u2018Are They Triple OK?\u2019
\nMinister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott today joined representatives from these agencies to launch the campaign at Fire and Rescue NSW\u2019s station at The Rocks. The campaign aims to increase peer and social support for emergency services workers across NSW to highlight that an R U OK? conversation can be life changing.
\n\u201cOur first responders go out there on the frontline every day, putting community safety above their own, and they deserve the respect and support of each and every person they are sworn to protect,\u201d Mr Elliott said.
\n\u201cPolice and emergency services workers give so much of themselves in the line of duty, and it\u2019s our job to ensure they have the best possible tools and support to look out for each other.\u201d
\nMinister for Mental Health Bronnie Taylor said it was vital the community understands the challenges faced by our police, firefighters, ambulance offices and other emergency services.
\n\u201cMy message to first responders struggling with the pressures of work is this: we thank you and we are here for you,\u201d Mrs Taylor said.
\nR U OK? CEO Katherine Newton said the organisation was extremely grateful to the emergency services personnel who have shared their stories.
\nNSW Police Senior Constable Tracy Bloomfield and Fire and Rescue NSW firefighter Max Cottingham are two of five NSW first responders featured in the campaign.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s hard sometimes to tell your family, who aren\u2019t in the services, how you struggle. They just don\u2019t realise the repercussions and the dreams, all the ongoing things that can happen even after an incident,\u201d Ms Bloomfield said.
\nMr Cottingham said he wanted the campaign to empower colleagues and family members to take that step and ask the question.
\n\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be an expert to ask, \u2018Are you OK?\u2019 We\u2019re always there to help. Let\u2019s make sure we help each other and ask \u2018R U OK?\u2019,\u201d Mr Cottingham said.
\nR U OK? will provide free resources to foster a supportive work culture and address high rates of self-stigma identified within the services.
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Police officers, firefighters, ambulance officers and SES volunteers have come together to share their stories about mental health and the unique challenges of working on the frontline during a launch for \u2018Are They Triple OK?\u2019 Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott today joined representatives from these agencies to launch the campaign at Fire … Continue reading “NSW ASKS \u2018ARE THEY TRIPLE OK?\u2019”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}