Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is a long service medal of the United Kingdom established in 1995. The medal is awarded to recognize long service by members of the ambulance services who serve on emergency duty. The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is presented for 20 years of commendable service to Ambulance Technicians, Paramedics, and Ambulance Officers. Ambulance Officers must have served at least seven years on emergency duty. Service prior to 1974 in an ambulance service maintained by
Amateur Radio Emergency Service Amateur Radio Emergency Service In the United States and Canada, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications. It is organized and sponsored by the American Radio Relay League and the Radio Amateurs of Canada. Communication failures have been a defining part of natural disasters and even some human-generated events such as the September 11 attacks that occurred in New York City in 2001. A lack of communication between firefighters at the World Trade Center contributed directly to the deaths of 300 of those