Fifty Years of Service Award

About the Award

Purpose: To recognize individual members who have fifty (50) years of continuous and faithful active service to an Auxiliary of a Fire Department and/or Rescue Squad of Southern Maryland.

Names of honorees must be submitted by their home auxiliary to the Hall of Fame Committee on the application provided, no later than April 1st of each year. The award is based on the calendar year (January 1 through December 31); any individual reaching 50+ years of active service during that period receives the award at the following year's LA-SMVFA Installation.

Award Rules

1. Honorees are limited to members of LA-SMVFA member auxiliaries.
2. Honorees must be in good standing with both the LA-SMVFA and their home auxiliary. Only living members will be recognized.
3. Names must be submitted by the home auxiliary on the application provided, no later than April 1st of each year.
4. The award is based on the calendar year (January 1–December 31). Anyone reaching 50+ years during that period receives the award at the following year's Installation.
5. Honorees are selected annually by the Hall of Fame Committee.
6. Applications are not carried over — the form must be submitted each year.
7. All honorees receive two (2) certificates and a pin at the LA-SMVFA Annual Installation.
8. All application forms are filed in the permanent LASMVFA records along with the names of honorees by year.