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.