Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal
Award
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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]
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| Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal | |
|---|---|
Obverse and reverse of the medal (with bar) | |
| 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] |
Description
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]