The Ambulance Service Medal (ASM) is awarded for distinguished service by a member of an Australian ambulance service. The ASM was introduced in 1999.
Awards are made by the Governor-General, on the nomination of the responsible minister in each state and territory. The total number of awards made each year must not exceed the following quota:
* one award for each 1,000, or part of 1,000, full-time permanent members of a state's ambulance service
* one award for each 5,000, or part of 5,000, part-time, volunteer or auxiliary members in a state
* one award for ambulance members in each of the
ACT,
NT and the combined
External Territories
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Recipients of the Ambulance Service Medal are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "ASM".
Description
* The Ambulance Service Medal is circular and of silver and bronze tones. The front of the medal displays the
Federation Star superimposed on a modified
Maltese cross
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, which is representative of ambulance services. This rests on a bed of
Australian wattle. The Federation Star is surrounded by twenty-four balls signifying the twenty-four hours per day the Ambulance Service is available to the community.
* The back of the medal bears the inscription ‘For Distinguished Service’.
* The 32 millimetre-wide ribbon features a chevron or V-shaped pattern. The angles are derived from the open end of the arm of the cross. The chevrons are in alternate red, white, red, silver-grey.
See also
Australian Honours Order of Precedence
References
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Civil awards and decorations of Australia
1999 establishments in Australia
Awards established in 1999
Long and Meritorious Service Medals of Britain and the Commonwealth