Code One Support
For Fire. Police. Paramedics. Volunteers.
Practical mental health tools for first responders. No therapy. No corporate wellness. Just straight talk from someone who's been on the job.
10 years on the job. · Ex-Army. · Hundreds of debriefs across five organisations since 2014. · Trusted by first responders and families across Australia, the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and beyond.
10 years on the job. Ex-Army.
Hundreds of debriefs across five organisations since 2014.
Trusted by first responders and families worldwide.
Code One Support exists for first responders and families who are carrying the weight of the job and don't quite know where to put it.
The critical incidents. The ordinary shifts. The ones that piled up. The jobs that followed you home and wouldn't leave. Whatever it is — it's real, and it deserves more than being pushed down and ignored.
This isn't therapy. It's tools, perspective, and straight conversation — from someone who's sat in your position, run the debriefs, and knows what the job actually costs.
Full-time firefighter with ten years on the job. Ex-Army Infantry — East Timor 2011, Black Saturday 2009. Since 2014, Rick has been the person first responders across five organisations come to — formally and informally — when the job follows them home. Hundreds of debriefs across FRV, CFA, Victoria Police, the AFP, and SES Victoria. Graduate-level training in counselling and trauma support. First responders and their families from Australia, the US, the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and beyond reach out to him every week.
First responders and their families — partners, kids, and the people holding the home together — from Australia, the US, the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and beyond reach out to him every week.
Not a psychologist. Not a clinician. Someone who has been in the job, been to the same jobs, and understands what it costs.
Code One Support exists because the tools that actually help first responders survive this job long-term shouldn't only exist inside a clinical setting.
Read Rick's Full Story Speaking & Engagement EnquiriesA weekly email for first responders and their families. Tools, perspective, and straight talk to help you stop taking the job home. No corporate wellness. No filler.
Trusted by 500+ first responders and families every week.
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Three free tools built for first responders and their families. Drop your email and they're yours in seconds.
The job ends. The shift doesn't always.
A post-incident regulation tool for first responders. Use it after any job that stays with you. Three minutes. No therapy. No journalling. Just something that actually works.
Download FreeYou responded to something hard. Now you can't switch off.
Built for volunteer first responders. How to decompress when the job is done and you go back to being a civilian.
Download FreeYou weren't on the job. You're still carrying it.
Mental health support for first responder partners and families. What you're actually carrying, what it looks like at home, and practical tools for managing it before it becomes something bigger.
Download FreeThe jobs that don't make the formal debrief list don't stop costing you. They just pile up quietly.
A single session with a psychologist can cost $200 or more. This is $27 AUD.
Most of us don't need a therapist. We need somewhere to put it.
For the jobs that shook you, the ones that piled up, and everything still sitting with you. Work through it on your terms.
Works on its own, without a therapist, without a group, and without anything fancy.
Trusted by 500+ first responders across Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and beyond
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