A volunteer who is volunteering with a recognised emergency services organisation in response to a disaster (see definition below).

For example, if a volunteer firefighter loses their life in the course of their volunteer work responding to a disaster, their family is eligible to apply for support from the Trust.

The primary focus of the trust is to support children to adulthood with a particular focus on education.

Eligibility criteria applies.

WHAT IS A DISASTER OR EMERGENCY?

A disaster is defined as a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events. Examples are bushfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, explosions, war, riots, etc.

We are using the generally used ‘force majeure’ legal definition of a disaster as our guide.

The Trust is structured so that it can exist into perpetuity and hoped that enough funds will continue to be raised to support the families of volunteers who have been killed in the course of their duty responding to any disaster (bushfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, explosions, war, riots etc).

As with all trusts, the level of support will be dependent on the trust raising sufficient capital to meet the demand of impacted families.