Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal | |
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![]() Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal with bar obverse and reverse | |
Type | Long service medal |
Awarded for | 20 years' service in a recognized Canadian fire service |
Presented by | The
monarch of Canada![]() |
Status | Currently awarded |
Established | 29 August 1985 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Corrections Exemplary Service Medal [1] |
Next (lower) | Canadian Coast Guard Exemplary Service Medal [1] |
The Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal ( French: Médaille de pompiers pour services distingués) is a service medal created in 1985 by the Canadian monarch- in-Council. The medal recognizes members of recognized Canadian fire services who had served for 20 years, ten years of which have been served in the performance of duties involving potential risks. A bar, bearing a maple leaf in silver, is given for each additional 10 years served. [2] The medal is awarded by the Chancellery of Canadian Orders. [3]
The Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal is circular medal made of silver coloured metal. The obverse of the medal depicts a fire hydrant with crossed axes and a Maltese Cross centred on a stylized maple leaf. Circumscribed around the maple leaf are the words EXEMPLARY SERVICE • SERVICES DISTINGUÉS. The reverse bears the Royal Cipher. The Medal is suspended by a ribbon of five equal stripes three red and two gold. [2]
Subsequent awards of the medal are denoted by a plain silver bar with a maple leaf in the centre, attached to the medal's suspension ribbon. When worn as an undress ribbon individuals who have been awarded a bar to the medal indicate this by wearing a silver maple leaf on the centre of the ribbon. [4]
Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal | |
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![]() Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal with bar obverse and reverse | |
Type | Long service medal |
Awarded for | 20 years' service in a recognized Canadian fire service |
Presented by | The
monarch of Canada![]() |
Status | Currently awarded |
Established | 29 August 1985 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Corrections Exemplary Service Medal [1] |
Next (lower) | Canadian Coast Guard Exemplary Service Medal [1] |
The Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal ( French: Médaille de pompiers pour services distingués) is a service medal created in 1985 by the Canadian monarch- in-Council. The medal recognizes members of recognized Canadian fire services who had served for 20 years, ten years of which have been served in the performance of duties involving potential risks. A bar, bearing a maple leaf in silver, is given for each additional 10 years served. [2] The medal is awarded by the Chancellery of Canadian Orders. [3]
The Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal is circular medal made of silver coloured metal. The obverse of the medal depicts a fire hydrant with crossed axes and a Maltese Cross centred on a stylized maple leaf. Circumscribed around the maple leaf are the words EXEMPLARY SERVICE • SERVICES DISTINGUÉS. The reverse bears the Royal Cipher. The Medal is suspended by a ribbon of five equal stripes three red and two gold. [2]
Subsequent awards of the medal are denoted by a plain silver bar with a maple leaf in the centre, attached to the medal's suspension ribbon. When worn as an undress ribbon individuals who have been awarded a bar to the medal indicate this by wearing a silver maple leaf on the centre of the ribbon. [4]