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CORY BUCK
Shallowater Fire Chief
& Lubbock Firefighter by Don Enger
Cory Buck
. D. Young, Lavon McAuley, schedule of 24 hours on and 48 off the youngest age to join. Three
and Floyd Epperson helped allows most to have two jobs." years later, I joined Lubbock on a
Jorganize the Shallowater 24/48-hour basis starting at 6 pm."
Fire Department in 1954. During Since the Shallowater Fire Currently, he works for Lubbock
those 68 years, several hundred Department is volunteer based, Fire Rescue as a Truck Captain
volunteers have come and gone, the Chief never knows how many at Fire Station #1 where he is a
but the contributions of the Buck workers will show up. Most of the member of the Heavy Rescue
family have not gone unnoticed. time, they have adequate help, but Team. He is a member of the South
Mackie Buck was Fire Chief for 30 he once worked a fire by himself. Plains Incident Management
years, followed by his son Cory for Many Shallowater firefighters Team and serves as the training
the next 22 years. Cory has been have been around for a long time coordinator for the Lubbock
Chief for the last ten years. Jackie and are totally committed to the TIFMAS team. He holds degrees
Buck, Bryan Stewart, Jaime Buck, department, but they are always from South Plains College, an
Jeremy Stewart, and Bryce Stewart looking for more to join their ranks. A.A.S. in Fire Technology and a
are all Buck family members who Regarding his chosen career, Cory B.A.A.S in Emergency Management
have served the department. Many said, "I grew up while my dad was Administration from West Texas
of those double as EMS personnel, fire chief and was always hanging A&M University.
and many, including Chief Buck, around the fire department. I joined
are also members of the Lubbock SFD when I was 18, which was Cory’s was the first LFR class to
Fire Department. “Lubbock's go through the full 13-week EMT
training. Today, the
Lubbock Academy
requires an intense
eight hours per day for
18 weeks. Additional
EMT training is now
mandatory for Lubbock,
and a Civil Service exam
is also required.
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