Ambulance Service Medal Explained

Ambulance Service Medal
Presenter:	Australia
Type:	Medal
Eligibility:	members of an Australian ambulance service
Awarded For:	distinguished service
Status:	Currently awarded
Post-Nominals:	ASM
Established:	7 July 1999
Firstawarded:	2000 Queen's Birthday Honours
Lastawarded:	2024 King's Birthday Honours
Total Awarded:	573^[1]
Precedence Label:	Order of Wear
Higher:	Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM)
Lower:	Emergency Services Medal (ESM)

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.

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, 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

• It's an Honour Australian Government website

Notes and References

1. Book: Governor-General Annual Report 2023-24 . 30 September 2024 . Governor General of Australia . 3 November 2024.