Community First Responders Australia

22/06/2026

CFRA First Responders at Your Next Event – Taking It to the Next Level! 🙌

Community First Responders Australia (CFRA) is proud to announce that we are now providing licensed Intermediate First Aid Services at events.

This enhanced capability allows our teams to deliver a higher level of care, including pain management, oxygen therapy, and other treatment options, tailored to each event’s risk profile and requirements.

Whether you’re planning a community event, sporting competition, festival, school activity, or corporate function, our experienced and passionate First Responders can help keep your participants safe.

CFRA can also assist with:
✅ Event First Aid Services
✅ Accredited and Informal First Aid Training
✅ CPR and Defibrillator Training
✅ Defibrillator Supply and Support
✅ First Aid Kits and Safety Equipment

For all your first aid and community safety needs, contact us at [email protected].
Professional, Skilled, Confident and Competent 💚

10/06/2026

Thank You First Responders 🙌💚

Every day, ordinary people make the extraordinary choice to step forward: From bystanders to upstanders.

Today, we celebrate and thank the incredible first responders who dedicate their time, skills, and hearts to protecting our community.

💚 9,500 CFRA Shock Savers® trained, from just 6 years old through to 98 years young, building a united community ready to act when every second counts.

💚 2,600+ CFRA GoodSAM Cardiac Arrest Responders standing ready to be activated via Triple Zero (000) across Victoria, bringing lifesaving care to patients before an ambulance arrives.

💚 30 CFRA First Responders helping keep communities safe at more than 550 events thorugh licensed first aid services.

💚 60 CFRA Shock Station® Cardiac Arrest Response Teams ready and equipped to give cardiac arrest patients the very best chance of survival.

To every CFRA responder who has stepped outside their comfort zone, learned new skills, volunteered their time, and answered the call to serve—thank you.

And to every member of Ambulance Victoria, Fire Rescue Victoria, Victoria Police, SES, CFA, Life Saving Victoria, and all emergency service first responders—thank you for your unwavering commitment, courage, and service. Your dedication inspires us all.

Together, you remind us that heroes are not defined by capes or titles, but by the willingness to show up when it matters most.

Thank you for being there. Thank you for making a difference. Thank you for helping save lives.

08/06/2026

💚 Only Community can Do It: From 5% to 70% in Just 2 Hours 💚

A huge thank you to the Parents Association for bringing together such an enthusiastic and engaged group for an action-packed session.

In just two hours, participants gained the skills and confidence to respond to a cardiac arrest, hugely increasing a patients’s chance of survival 💪

With its unique program, CFRA will have you confident and competent to act, using realistic scenarios, the latest tech, and smashing down barriers to respond.

Interested in hosting a session at your workplace, community organisation, school, or at the CFRA office?

📧 Contact us at [email protected] to find out more 🙌

03/06/2026

02/06/2026

What an incredible collaboration - Princes Park Scout Group, Glen Eira City Council, David Southwick, Cr Simone Zmood and the dedicated surrounding residents, bringing next of 60 CFRA Shock Stations(R) to fruition.

Another community ready, trained and willing to respond via 000/Goodsam to a cardiac arrest 💚

31/05/2026

Thank you so much to Kew East Community Recycling for your ongoing support - making our training scenarios as real as possibly goes a long way to improving both female cardiac arrest survival and effective anaphylaxis management 💚🙌

27/05/2026

It doesn’t get much better than this! 🙌

A huge thank you to Sheila, who has worked tirelessly to establish a Shock Station(R) outside her house, linked with 000/GoodSAM, and now over 40 people are trained Shock Savers(R) 💚

Thank you to Bendigo Bank for backing the initiative and St Patrick’s Catholic Church for hosting the session 🙏

Two hours of breaking down barriers to emergency care, understanding triage, learning how to access the right help at the right time, and plenty of hands-on practice empowering participants with the confidence to act in an emergency 💪

From paediatric to seniors sessions, female cardiac arrest to gamefied CPR, CFRA is passionate about building safer, stronger and more prepared communities.

To arrange your next session and join our team over 2600 Goodsam Responders and 60 Shock Stations, reach out to us at [email protected] 💚

13/05/2026

What an absolute delight to be hosted by the City of Boroondara to deliver a high-impact Active Ageing CPR/Defib session 🙌

Our team of 50 enthusiastic participants are now trained CFRA Shock Savers(R), ready to recognise an emergency, take action, and access the right help to maximise patient survival in the event of collapse, cardiac arrest, or choking 👏

Fantastic work by the Boroondara team for pulling it all together! 💚

01/05/2026

💚 3 Years of Impact: Addressing Female Cardiac Arrest Survival 💚

Since its inception, Community First Responders Australia (CFRA) has been leading the way in empowering communities and saving lives through emergency response—while tackling critical barriers, particularly in female cardiac arrest 🙌

💪 Over 9,500 people trained
👶👵 Ages 8 to 98
🌏 Diverse cultures, religions, and communities across Australia

From Indigenous communities in far south WA, to passers-by on Elwood Beach…
From Scouts Victoria to hundreds of fans at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup alongside Heartbeat of Football Foundation… this movement continues to grow.

At the centre of it all is our growing team of female manikins—Brittney, Stacey, Tiffany and Roxy—breaking down both physical and social barriers, supported by the latest best-practice CPR and defibrillation training 🫶

This impact wouldn’t be possible without the early vision and ongoing support of the ERDI Foundation, alongside incredible partners including Women's Health in the South East, Laerdal Medical, Heartbeat of Football and the Great Southern Aboriginal Medical Service 👏

And to the hundreds of community members who donated bras and clothing—thank you. You’ve helped make training more real, more relatable, and more effective 🙏

This is more than training—this is driving conversation and action to improve survival outcomes.

If you’re interested in helping expand this initiative, we’d love to hear from you: [email protected] 💚

23/04/2026

💚 Shock Station® at Holloway Bend Scout Group 💚

What an incredible evening launching the latest Shock Station® at the Holloway Bend Scout Group.
Set against a picturesque backdrop, this newest community cardiac arrest response hub represents a powerful collaboration between CFRA and Scouts Victoria. It joins three other Shock Stations® made possible through the Commonwealth Stronger Communities Grant, with the support of Zoe Daniel and Tim Wilson ☀️

With 60 CFRA Shock Stations® now connecting communities across geographical, cultural, and religious spheres, CFRA continues its mission of strengthening community resilience and saving lives through rapid emergency response 🫶

To host, sponsor, or establish your own Shock Station®, please contact the team at [email protected].
You can also support CFRA’s life-saving work by voting for us in the Jack & Robert Smorgon Families

Foundation Community Choice Award: https://thesocialblueprint.org.au/vote-now/