1. To enhance the professional identity of psychologists working in emergency services.
2. To advance evidence-based psychological service delivery to personnel from military and emergency services settings.
3. To contribute to personnel management and service delivery in military and emergency service organisations, through the application of psychological knowledge and practice.
4. To provide a forum for information-sharing by psychologists working in military and emergency services settings.
5. To provide a medium for the professional development for psychologists in military and emergency services settings .
6. To provide advice to the APS and psychologists on issues relating to the practice of psychology within and for the military and emergency services.