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Awards
Canadian Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal
August 29, 1985, honours members of a recognized
Canadian fire service who have completed 20 years of
service, ten years of which have been served in the
performance of duties involving potential risks, and
were employed on or after the date of creation of the
Medal. Recognized fire services include Canadian fire
departments, fire marshals’ offices, fire commissioners’
offices and the Canadian Forces fire services. Exemplary
service is characterized by good conduct, industry and
efficiency.
When no other long service, good conduct or efficiency
decoration or medal has been awarded by the Crown. The
Medal may be awarded posthumously.
- The front side is a stylized maple leaf
bearing a fire hydrant with crossed axes, upon which
a Maltese cross is centred, and which is
circumscribed with EXEMPLARY SERVICE . SERVICES DISTINGUÉS, and
- On the reverse is the Royal Cipher
- The Medal is suspended from a ribbon of five
equal stripes, two gold and three red; a Bar,
bearing a stylized maple leaf, may be awarded to a
recipient of the Medal for each additional 10-year
period of service in the Canadian fire service.
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B.C. Provincial Fire Service Long Service Medal
Awarded by the Provincial Government to persons who have
completed at least twenty-five (25) years of
paid or volunteer fire service in British
Columbia. This is to recognize the dedication
and selflessness with which these individuals
have served their community and this province in
the protection of life and property. The medal
is administered by the Office of the Fire
Commissioner. |
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