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As many as 130,000 people across four states and the ACT will receive a National Emergency Medal for their service during the extreme 2019-20 bushfire season, with nominations to remain open for additional recipients.
The award honours “sustained service” in a nationally-significant emergency, and will mark the fifth such event since the medal was first awarded after Victoria’s 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. The other three occasions were related to floods and cyclones.
Rural Fire Service volunteers at the Hillville fire in November 2019. Many volunteers will get a National Emergency Medal for service during the huge fire season in 2019-20.
Credit:Nick Moir
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