Przesłanki podmiotowe i przedmiotowe nadania Odznaki Świętego Floriana oraz Krzyża Świętego Floriana

The paper contains the analysis of public policies on prizes and honors of voluntary fire brigades. The authors show the issue of the conditions for awarding the Saint Florian Decoration and the Saint Florian Cross. These two forms of honoring merits, along with several other forms of rewarding firefighters, were provided for by the legislator in 2022. The authors present the most important rules of the special awarding policy and interpret the Polish constitutional and statutory provisions. These regulations are compared with the established legal practice, traditional customs and with Polish legislation.