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Achievements in the fire brigade have been rewarded with the Fire Brigade Medal of the State of Vorarlberg since 1953.

The State Government of Vorarlberg is responsible for the awards.

The medal is awarded on three levels (since 2000):

• Fire Brigade Medal in Gold
  since 2000 for 50 years of meritorious service.
• Fire Brigade Medal in Silver
  since 1953 for 40 years of meritorious service.
• Fire Brigade Medal in Bronze
  since 1953 for 25 years of meritorious service.
  
  

Legal basis

Law on the Fire Brigade Medal of the State of Vorarlberg (State Gazette no. 41/2000);
Ordinance for the implementation of the law on the Fire Brigade Medal of the State of Vorarlberg (State Gazette no. 61/2000).
 
Description and wear

The Bronze Medal is awarded in recognition of 25 years of meritorious service with the Vorarlberg fire brigade. It is 32 mm in diameter and shows the State coat of arms on the front with the inscription "Land Vorarlberg" and a picture of the patron saint of fire brigades, St. Florian. Along the raised edge of the medal it bears the inscription "For 25 years of meritorious service in the fire brigade."

The Fire Brigade Medal in recognition of 40 years of meritorious service to the Vorarlberg fire brigade differs from the bronze in that the medal is silver- plated and the number "25" is substituted by "40".

The Fire Brigade Medal in recognition of 50 years of meritorious service to the Vorarlberg fire brigade differs from the bronze in that the medal is gold-plated and the number "25" is substituted by "50".

The medal is worn on a 40-mm triangular, orange-coloured band on the left side of the breast.