Life Saving Award certificate templates and badges
3 free designs. A set is one design as a badge, a landscape or a portrait certificate, or all three.
Free for up to 20 recipients a year
A life saving award template helps you thank someone who acted when a life was at risk: a lifeguard who made a rescue, a passer-by who started CPR, an employee who cleared a colleague's airway, a pupil who raised the alarm. Fire and rescue services, police forces, lifesaving clubs, councils, schools and employers present a lifesaving award at a ceremony or a staff meeting, usually once the account of the incident has been confirmed.
A good award reads like a citation. It names the person, says in a sentence or two what they did and where, records the date and the level of the award, and carries the signature of the person or committee that gave it.
The designs here come as certificates in A4 and US Letter and as badges, so the recipient can frame the citation and also show the award online, where anyone can verify it.
Wording
What to write on a life saving award certificate
Use these lines as they are, or as a start for your own. Every template comes with wording you can change in the studio.
Wording for a life saving award certificate
- “In recognition of courageous action that saved a human life.”
- “For prompt and selfless action in giving CPR until the ambulance crew arrived.”
- “Awarded for the rescue of a swimmer in difficulty, carried out at personal risk.”
- “For quick thinking and calm in an emergency that brought a colleague safely through.”
Lifesaving award citations for staff and the public
- “Presented by the Chief Fire Officer to a member of the public whose bravery saved a life.”
- “The Board of Governors records its gratitude for your actions on the school field.”
- “With the thanks of every member of this club for the life you saved at the lake.”
Short lines for the badge or the email
- “For courage when it mattered most.”
- “A life saved. Thank you.”
Why send it with Hyperstack
More than a PDF
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One design, every name
Upload a spreadsheet and Hyperstack makes a award for each person on it, in one go.
Sent by email
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Anyone can verify it
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FAQ
Questions, answered
Anyone whose action kept a person alive: members of the public, off-duty staff, lifeguards, pupils and volunteers. Many services give separate awards to their own trained responders and to bystanders, because trained staff were acting in their role.
Policies differ. Some organisations give the award only when the casualty survived, and give a commendation for bravery or for effort when they did not. Write your rule down before the first award so every case is judged the same way.
The recipient's name, a short factual account of what they did, the date of the incident or of the award, the level of the award if you have more than one, and the name and role of the person who signs it. Leave out the casualty's name unless they have agreed to be named.
The head of the organisation that gives it: a chief fire officer, a police chief, a head teacher, a club president or a chief executive. An awards committee chair often signs as well.
Usually within a few weeks to a few months, once the facts have been checked with the people who were there. Many organisations hold the award for their next ceremony so colleagues and family can attend.
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