( CNN ) -- Tyler Doohan , the 8-year-old upstate New York boy who rescued six relatives from a fire but died while trying to save his grandfather , will be laid to rest Wednesday with a ceremony and honor befitting a fallen firefighter , according to local fire officials . Penfield Fire Company has kept an honor guard standing by the remains of the boy during calling hours since Monday , and at the end of a church service on Wednesday , Penfield Fire Chief Chris Ebmeyer will declare Tyler an honorary firefighter and present his family with a special fire helmet inscribed with the boy 's name . `` The young man acted with a lot of courage and bravery to try to rescue his grandfather after rescuing other members of his family , '' Ebmeyer said . `` He showed valor and strength , and paid the ultimate sacrifice . '' Ebmeyer said he received calls from fire departments from Maine to California , saying something should be done to honor Tyler . At the service , firefighters from multiple fire departments will stand at attention in formal `` Class A '' dress uniforms with bagpipers playing -- the hallmarks of a traditional firefighter 's funeral , Ebmeyer said . There will be no funeral procession at the family 's request . `` We want to honor him in a way family and friends will remember and look at him as a hero , '' Ebmeyer said . `` He should be looked at as going above and beyond , even putting his life in danger ... This is what firefighters do . '' Tyler , an East Rochester resident , was staying at the home of relatives in Penfield on January 19 when he noticed a fire in the single-wide trailer , officials said . As firefighters and sheriff 's deputies responded to a 4:45 a.m. emergency call , Tyler was able to wake six other people in the small trailer , including two more children , ages 4 and 6 , the fire officials said . Then Tyler went back into the blaze to help his grandfather , who was disabled and would have been unable to get out of the home on his own . `` By that time , the fire had traveled to the back of the trailer , '' Ebmeyer said at the time . `` Unfortunately , they both succumbed to heat and smoke . '' The pair were found together on a bed in the back room . It appeared that the boy was trying to lift his grandfather from the bed when he was overcome by the smoke and fire , fire officials said . The funeral Mass will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John of Rochester Catholic Church in Fairport .
Tyler Doohan , 8 , saved six relatives from fire . He died trying to save his grandfather . Comment: