This long service medal and subsequent service bars are bestowed to
those who have achieved a minimum of 25-years in suppression, training,
public education, inspections, and communications are eligible to receive
the medal. The Fire Services Long Service Medal was first awarded in 1971.
It is awarded for 25 years of service as a full-time or volunteer firefighter
with a fire department in the province of Ontario, Canada. Active service
time spent in the Canadian Armed Forces during time of war is also
considered as “fire service” time.