Mike Prucha, from right, Eric Paulsen, Nolan Peek, and Roger Peek, all with the Irvington Volunteer Fire Department, stand as a funeral procession for Dennis Bender passes by the Ponca Hills Volunteer Fire Department north of Omaha on Tuesday. Bender, 78, was Nebraska’s longest-serving paramedic when he died of a medical emergency while battling a brush fire on March 10.