2010–2011 Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation

The 2010–2011 Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation is a Queensland honour established by the Governor-of-Queensland-in-Council in 2011.

2010–2011 Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation
The 2010–2011 Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation
Type	Citation
Awarded for	Performed duty on at least one shift at any time between 1 December 2010 and 28 February 2011. Duty performed may be in direct response to the flood and cyclone events or maintaining core business during this period.
Presented by	the Queen in Right of Queensland
Eligibility	Employees and volunteers of the Queensland Police Service, Department of Community Safety, and Queensland Ambulance Service.
Campaign(s)	Cyclone Tasha 2010–11 Queensland floods Cyclone Yasi
Status	Ceased, Those who qualify can still apply.
Established	2011
First award	4 June 2011
Precedence
Next (higher)	QPS 150 Citation
Next (lower)	G20 Citation
Related	National Emergency Medal with 'QLD 2010–11' clasp

Description

The citation consists of a maroon ribbon with four white vertical stripes surrounded by a bronze metallic frame. The four white stripes represent the four emergency service agencies that existed at the time of the event - Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, Queensland Ambulance Service, Emergency Management Queensland and the Queensland Police Service.^[1]

The cyclone symbols on both sides of the citation represents the time line of cyclonic events occurring between Cyclone Tasha in December 2010 and Cyclone Yasi in February 2011.^[1] The swirls on the top and bottom of the citation represents waves associated with the mass flooding which occurred throughout many parts of Queensland.^[1]

Eligibility

The group citation was issued to employees and volunteers of the Department of Community Safety who performed duty on at least one shift at any time between 1 December 2010 and 28 February 2011.^[1] Duty performed may be in direct response to the flood and cyclone events or in maintaining core business during this period.^[1]

Members of the following agencies were awarded the citation:

• Queensland
  • Emergency Management Queensland
  • Queensland Ambulance Service
  • Queensland Fire and Rescue Service
  • Queensland Police Service
  • St John Ambulance Australia
  • Queensland State Emergency Service
  • Surf Life Saving Queensland^[2]
• Australian Capital Territory
  • ACT State Emergency Service^[3]
• New South Wales
  • Ambulance Service of NSW^[4]
  • NSW Fire Brigades^{[citation needed]}
  • NSW Police Force^[5]
  • NSW State Emergency Service^{[citation needed]}
• South Australia
  • SA Police^[5]
  • SA State Emergency Service^[6]
• Tasmania
  • Tasmania State Emergency Service^{[citation needed]}
• Victoria
  • Victoria Police^[5]
  • Victoria State Emergency Service^{[citation needed]}
• Western Australia
  • WA State Emergency Service^[7]
• Northern Territory
  • Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service^{[citation needed]}
  • Northern Territory Emergency Service^{[citation needed]}
• National
  • Australian Federal Police^[5]
  • Australian Volunteer Coast Guard^[8]
  • St John Ambulance Australia^[9]

See also

• Queensland Honours
• Australian Honours System
• National Emergency Medal with 'QLD 2010-11' clasp