'More than a job': Copperas Cove fire chief Gary Young retiring after 36 years of service

COPPERAS COVE, Texas (KXXV) — After more than three decades of service, Copperas Cove Fire Chief Gary Young is preparing to retire later this month.

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“On Friday, September the 22nd, 1989, I tried out to be a firefighter. They called me that afternoon, and said, ‘We’d like for you to come and work for us.’ I went into my boss's office – Lori Bishop – and I was working at an auto parts store in Killeen, and I told her, ‘They want me to come and be a firefighter. I need to give you two weeks' notice.’ She said, ‘No need – go start your career.’ So the next morning, I went to work at 7 o’clock and started my career,” Young said.

Since then, Young has seen the community thro