Firefighters recognized for their service to the community
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Tara GesnerEMC News - Two members of the Mississippi Mills Fire Department were recently recognized for their many years of service.
At the start of last Monday's (Feb. 6) council meeting at the municipal office, family members watched as Fire Chief Art Brown and Mayor John Levi presented Dave Gleeson and Geoff Timmins with certificates and the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal.
The Medal - from the Governor General of Canada - honours members of a recognized Canadian fire service who have completed 20 years of service. Exemplary service is characterized by good conduct, industry and efficiency.
The circular medal is suspended from a ribbon of five equal stripes, two gold and three red. On the obverse is a stylized maple leaf bearing a fire hydrant with crossed axes, upon which a Maltese cross is centred, and which is bordered with 'Exemplary Service/ Services Distingués'.
On the reverse is the Royal Cipher. A bar - bearing a stylized maple leaf - may be awarded to a recipient of the Medal for each additional 10-year period of service in the Canadian fire service.
Brown offered congratulations, and noted it was nice to see Timmins' father, Milton, in attendance.
"Milton was a firefighter," he said. "You followed in your dad's footsteps."
Their devotion to the job made Mayor John Levi proud.
"It's great to have an item like this on the (council) agenda," he said.
tgesner@perfprint.ca
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