The casket carrying Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma is carried on Engine 2 to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Saturday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Firefighters from near and far march into the funeral service for Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland Saturday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Firefighters line Cumberland Avenue in Portland before the funeral service for Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Saturday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Members of the Gorham Fire Department color guard stand at attention following the funeral service for Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland Saturday, Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Jeff Dupuis of Portland, a former firefighter in New York, spends a moment in prayer as he listens outside the funeral service for Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Saturday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Marcia Kucsma is escorted out of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception following the funeral service for her husband, Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma, in Portland Saturday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Portland Fire Lt. Dean Berry of Scarborough and his wife, Christa, weep as the casket of Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma is brought out of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception following his funeral service in Portland Saturday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

The casket carrying Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma is brought down from Engine 2 before his funeral service at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Saturday. ill Brady/Staff Photographer

Sarah and Christopher Kucsma, the sister and brother of Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma, carry his Portland and Gorham fire helmets following his funeral service at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland Saturday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

The casket carrying the body of Portland Fire Capt. Michael Kucsma is escorted out of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception following his funeral service Saturday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer