New Zealand Fire Brigades Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

New Zealand Fire Brigades Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

Ribbon bar of the medal
Awarded by  New Zealand
Type Long service and meritorious service
Eligibility Full and part-time members of recognized New Zealand fire brigades and services
Awarded for Fourteen years of long and meritorious service[1]
Status Currently awarded
Statistics
Established 8 September 1976[1]
Order of Wear
Next (higher) New Zealand Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal[2]
Next (lower) New Zealand Traffic Service Medal[2]

The New Zealand Fire Brigades Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is a meritorious and long service award for members of recognized fire services in New Zealand who have completed 14 years of service.

Criteria

The New Zealand Fire Brigades Long Service and Good Conduct Medal may be awarded for 14 years full or part-time service as a member of the New Zealand Fire Service or a fire brigade or service operated, maintained by, or registered with the New Zealand Fire Service Commission or a Government Department of New Zealand.[1] Members of company fire brigades are also eligible for the medal upon completion of the requisite period of service.[3]

Appearance

The medal is circular, silver, and 38 millimeters in diameter. On the obverse is the crowned effigy of the Sovereign.[3] The reverse bears the inscription New Zealand Fire Brigades around the edge and For Long Service and Good Conduct at the centre, with a fern frond to the right side. The medal hangs from a vermilion ribbon 32 mm wide with a narrow centre stripe of black bordered by yellow.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The New Zealand Fire Brigades Long Service and Good Conduct Medal". New Zealand Legislation. Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "THE WEARING OF MEDALS IN NEW ZEALAND TABLE – A GUIDE TO THE CORRECT ORDER OF WEAR". New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 Mackay, James, Editor; Mussell, John W.; Editorial Team of Medal News (2004). The Medal Yearbook 2004. Devon, UK: Token Publishing Ltd. p. 369. ISBN 9781870192620. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
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