Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM)

The Australian Fire Service Medal recognises distinguished service by members of Australian fire services. It is awarded to paid and volunteer members for distinguished service. Prior to 1989 distinguished service in the Australian Fire Service was recognised by the Queen’s Fire Service Medal (QFSM).

Criteria

Awarded for "distinguished service", i.e., service seen to demonstrate a high degree of resource and devotion to duty in a particular situation, or in the exemplary discharge of special duties above and beyond normal work.

Examples of service which may form the basis of a nomination include:

an especially distinguished record of fire service or particular service of conspicuous merit including, for example:
- development of successful fire control techniques;

exceptional service through training and/or community education;
outstanding service in fire prevention/protection;

outstanding success in organising fire service resources or in maintaining their organisation under special difficulties;
prolonged service when distinguished by very exceptional ability and merit.

Nominations

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Recipients

Year	Honours List	Given Name/s	Surname	Position/	Location (when issued)	Category	Region
1988	Queens Birthday	Harold Ernest	ROTHSAY	Deputy Chief Officer	CFA Headquarters Malvern	Staff
		Harold Miller	CLOVER	Volunteer	Maryborough	Urban	15
		William Andrew	EDGAR	Volunteer	Balnarring	Rural	8
		Edward James	BAYNES	Volunteer	Indigo Valley	Rural	24
1989	Australia Day	Arthur Charles	HAYNES	Assistant Chief Officer	CFA Headquarters Malvern	Staff
		Robert Keith	PATTERSON	Volunteer	Portland	Urban	4
	Queens Birthday	Robert William	DIXON	Deputy Chief Officer	CFA Headquarters Malvern	Staff
		George William	GOODWIN (dec.)	Volunteer	Carrum	Urban	26
		Alexander John	HOOPER	Volunteer	Winnindoo	Rural	10
		Roger Gordon	WALKER	Volunteer	Kyneton	Rural	15
1990	Australia Day	Arthur William	MCPHAN	Assistant Chief Officer	North Eastern Zone - Wangaratta	Staff
		John	MCLEOD	Volunteer	Boronia	Urban	13
		William Brunt	CAMPBELL	Volunteer	Clyde	Rural	8
	Queens Birthday	Kenneth Harry	LARSEN	Volunteer	Belmont	Urban	7
		William Edward	DAVIES	Volunteer	Walmer	Rural	2
1991	Australia Day	John Charles	EARNEY	Volunteer	Montrose	Urban	13
		Herbert Gordon	KYLE	Volunteer	Paynesville	Rural	11
		Adam Ian	LAIDLAW	Volunteer	Tatyoon	Rural	16
	Queens Birthday	Ian Rutherford	JENKINS	Assistant Chief Officer	Training Wing - Fiskville	Staff
		Lawrence Leslie	THOMASON	Volunteer	Woodend	Urban	14
1992	Australia Day	William John	MCINTOSH	Deputy Chief Officer	CFA Headquarters East Burwood	Staff
		Leslie Victor Eric	WINSALL	Volunteer	Warracknabeal	Urban	17
		Geoffrey Holloway	BAXTER	Volunteer	Freshwater Creek	Rural	7
	Queens Birthday	Ronald George	JACOBS	Volunteer	Chelsea	Urban	26
		George Alan	NELSON	Volunteer	Lubeck	Rural	17
1993	Australia Day	Neil Richard	BROCK	Superintendent	Region 23 HQ Wangaratta	Staff
		Gerald William	FRANCIS	Volunteer	Seymour	Urban	12
		Gilbert Michael	O'CONNELL	Volunteer	Dunrobin & Nangeela	Rural	4
	Queens Birthday	William Henry	ROYAL	Volunteer	Bairnsdale	Urban	11
		Thomas	FORD	Volunteer	Miners Rest	Rural	15
1994	Australia Day	John David	NICHOLSON	Deputy Chief Officer	CFA Headquarters East Burwood	Staff
		William John	JONES	Volunteer	Moorooduc	Rural	8
	Queens Birthday	Michael John	SMITH	Volunteer	Lake Boga	Urban	18
1995	Australia Day	William Henry	PLEMING	Volunteer	Springhurst	Rural	23
	Queens Birthday	Alan George	ELEY	Volunteer	Echuca	Urban	22
1996	Australia Day	Gavin John	MAGUIRE	Regional Officer	CFA Headquarters East Burwood	Staff
		Robert Keith	ARMSTRONG	Volunteer	Gruyere	Rural	13
	Queens Birthday	Barry Claude	CONDICK	Volunteer	Tarnagulla	Urban	2
		Robert Ian	LIGHTFOOT	Volunteer	Napoleons-Enfield	Rural	15
1997	Australia Day	Peter John	WHITE	Volunteer	Casterton	Urban	4
		Ronald Bernard	ROBSON	Volunteer	Darraweit Guim	Rural	14
	Queens Birthday	John Charles	MCPHEE	Volunteer	Whittlesea	Urban	14
1998	Australia Day	Richard	MCKAY	Mgr. Engineering Services	CFA Workshops Ballarat	Staff
		Graeme John	BROOM	Volunteer	Ballarat	Urban	15
		Alan Clyde	WATERS	Volunteer	Bayswater	Urban	13
		Lindsay	SESSIONS	Volunteer	Warrenbayne	Rural	23
	Queens Birthday	Michael John	TAYLOR	Volunteer	Mornington	Urban	8
		Thomas Francis	SHORT	Volunteer	Briagolong	Rural	10
1999	Australia Day	Mark Francis	GARVEY	Mgr. Graphic Information Services.	CFA Headquarters East Burwood	Staff
		Brian Maxwell	MAHER	Volunteer	Lubeck	Rural	17
2000	Australia Day	David William	OWEN	Mgr. Community Infrastructure & Environment	CFA Headquarters East Burwood	Staff
		Neville Richard	PULHAM	Volunteer	Fish Creek & Dist.	Rural	9
	Queens Birthday	Christopher James	BAHEN	Volunteer	Epping	Urban	14
		Leonard Barry	MARSHALL	Volunteer	Warburton	Urban	13
		Stephen John	HIRT	Volunteer	Melton	Urban	14
2001	Australia Day	Murray Allan	RAVENHALL	Mgr. Community Safety	Gippsland Area HQ - Sale	Staff
		Desmond Patrick	PHELAN	Volunteer	Cape Clear	Rural	15
		Ralph Lewis	BIDDELL	Volunteer	Kaniva	Urban	17
		Kevin John	MURLEY	Volunteer	Eaglehawk	Urban	2
	Queens Birthday	Donald	ALLAN	Volunteer	Kongwak & District	Rural	9
		Mervyn Macrae	HAWKINS	Volunteer	Minimay	Rural	17
2002	Australia Day	Kenneth James	STEPHENS	Area Manager	North East Area HQ- Wangaratta	Staff
		Kerry	MURPHY	Volunteer	Mount Macedon	Rural	14
		Graham Bruce	COLLINS	Volunteer	Sebastopol	Urban	15
	Queens Birthday	Kenneth Graham	REED	Volunteer	Mount Evelyn	Urban	13
		Quentin Thornton	TURNER	Volunteer	Creswick	Urban	15
		Holford Murch	WETTENHALL	Volunteer	Pigeon Ponds	Rural	4
		Trevor Neil	WYATT	Volunteer	Murrayville	Rural	18
2003	Australia Day	Alan Gregory	DAVIES	Area Manager	Goulburn-Murray Area - Shepparton	Staff
		William Hugh	BUBB	Volunteer	Anglesea	Urban	7
		Peter Ernest	DAVIS	Volunteer	Carrum	Urban	8
		Gary Norman	LYTTLE	Volunteer	Cardigan & Windermere	Rural	15
		Walter Raymond	PARSONS	Volunteer	Longwarry & District	Rural	9
	Queens Birthday	Geoffrey Keith	EVANS	Deputy Chief Officer	CFA Headquarters East Burwood	Staff
		Winsome Jeanette	MORRIS	Volunteer	Callawadda	Rural	16
		Robert William	WATERSON	Volunteer	Cohuna	Urban	20
2004	Australia Day	Norman Edward	BOWEN	Volunteer	Woodvale	Rural	2
		David Ernest	GRAY	Manager BEST Project	CFA Headquarters East Burwood	Staff
		Robert (Bob) Arthur	HORNER	Volunteer	Sassafras - Ferny Creek	Rural	13
	Queens Birthday	Nevyn Ronald	JONES	Volunteer	Moorooduc	Rural	8
		Peter Julian	LUCAS	Fire Officer	Dandenong Fire Station	Staff
		Raymond Douglas	NEWNHAM	Volunteer	Bonang	Rural	11
		Allan Tyrie	SMALL	Volunteer	The Basin	Urban	13
		Hans Aloysius	VAN HAMOND	Volunteer	Wendouree	Urban	15
2005	Australia Day	Alan Ernest	KING	Volunteer	Carrum (Editor - The Fireman)	Urban	8
		John	O'BRIEN	Volunteer	Cowwarr	Rural	10
		Russell James	REES	Director Operations / Chief Officer	CFA Headquarters East Burwood	Staff
		Ronald Everard	SCHULTZ	Volunteer	Benalla	Urban	23
		Darryl Charles	WELLS	Volunteer	Werribee	Urban	14
	Queens Birthday	Denys James	STEINHAUSER	Volunteer	Kiewa	Rural	24
		Brian Skinder	HALIT	Volunteer	Wesburn - Millgrove	Rural	13
		John Richard	TINDALL	Volunteer	Berwick	Urban	8
2006	Australia Day	Reginald Kenneth	STEVENS	Volunteer	Winchelsea	Urban	7
		Sydney Alexander	GREEN	Volunteer	Lancefield	Rural	14
		Daryl Lawrence	LOVE	Operations Officer	South West Area - Warrnambool	Staff
		Trevor Russell	WHITE	Area Manager	Yarra Area - Lilydale	Staff
	Queens Birthday	Kenneth William	DEVERAUX	Volunteer	Kangaroo Flat	Urban	2
		John Patrick	NIHILL	Volunteer	Ouyen	Urban	18
		William (Bill) James	MILLAR	Volunteer	Lake Goldsmith & Stockyard Hill	Rural	16
		Roderick John	ROBERTS	Senior Instructor / Fire Officer	Fiskville	Staff
2007	Australia Day	John Michael	DODEMAIDE	Volunteer	Melton	Urban	14
		Terrance Francis	HEDT	Volunteer	Little River	Rural	7
		Frank Edwin	COLVERSON	Volunteer	Yarra Junction	Urban	13
		Gregory Robert	ALLISEY	Operations Manager	Secondment - C/O Fiji Fire Service	Staff
	Queens Birthday	Leon Roy	WILLIAMS	Volunteer	Mooroopna	Urban	22
		Maxwell John	MCLEAN	Volunteer	Moyston	Rural	16
		Brian James	NEAL	Fire Officer	Boronia Fire Station	Staff
		Edward Alan	CLAY	Volunteer	Tooradin	Rural	8
2008	Australia Day	William Andrew	SPEIRS	Volunteer	Nelson	Rural	4
		Michael James	SANDERSON	Volunteer	Seymour	Urban	12
		William (Bill) Thomas	PRESSEY	Volunteer	Mortlake	Urban	5
		Ronald Tuckett	HOOPER	Volunteer	Echuca	Urban	22
	Queens Birthday	Richard (Rick) Kenneth	WILLIAMS	Volunteer	Ballarat City	Urban	15
		Patricia Elaine	BIGHAM	Volunteer	Gruyere	Rural	13
		Barry Richard	BARNETT	Volunteer	Lancefield	Rural	14
2009	Australia Day	Gregory Alfred	ESNOUF	Deputy Chief Officer	CFA Headquarters East Burwood	Staff
		Robert Lindsay	BARRY	Operations Manager	Barwon-Corangamite Area - Region 7 Geelong	Staff	07
		Thomas Joseph	BRODIE	Volunteer	Longwood	Rural	22
	Queens Birthday	David Gerrard	GIBBS	Volunteer / Board Member	Somers	Urban	08
		Bruce Alan	PICKETT	Volunteer	Geelong West	Urban	07
		James Russell (Jim)	READ	Volunteer	Scoresby	Urban	13