The public will be able to honor fallen fire Capt. David Rosa during a Tuesday memorial service at the Long Beach Convention Center.

The 10 a.m. service will be held in the complex’s arena at 300 E. Ocean Blvd., said Jake Heflin, the Long Beach Fire Department’s spokesman. A reception will follow.

JetBlue is offering free flights to firefighters from afar who want to attend the memorial. The flights can be booked by calling call 1-800-JetBlue, spokesman Philip Stewart said. Fire personnel are asked to wear Class A dress uniforms and all incoming fire department resources, dignitaries, honor guards, and members of the Pipes and Drums corps are asked to RSVP at www.lbfdmemorial.org.

Rosa, 45, was gunned down Monday while responding to an explosion at a senior apartment building in downtown long Beach.

The Memorial Service for Fire Captain Dave Rosa has been set for Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM. The service will take place in the arena of the Long Beach Convention Center located at 300 East Ocean Blvd. Additional details will be forthcoming. #CaptRosa .@lbfirefighters pic.twitter.com/IeruXvt9sJ — Long Beach Fire (CA) (@lbfd) June 28, 2018

He and two others were shot on the second floor of the Covenant Manor apartments, responding to an explosion that blew out windows. Thomas Kim, 77, has been charged with murder and other counts for the incident, which prosecutors say was an attempted murder-suicide Kim planned targeting a woman upstairs with whom he was feuding.

Another firefighter was grazed, and a third victim was hospitalized; that person’s condition has not been publicly released.

Rosa is survived by his wife, Lynley; two sons, Alec, 25, and Samuel, 15; his parents, Paul and Jean Rosa; and a sister, Julia Hensley. A donation fund was created to benefit his wife and children.

Rosa was a 17-year veteran of the Long Beach Fire Department, serving as a captain since 2011. Prior to his promotion, he was a firefighter and paramedic at some of the busiest stations in the city. He also served as a training captain, teaching recruits and firefighters. Rosa was most recently assigned to Station No. 10 in central Long Beach.

In 2003, he and another firefighter were honored with an award for pulling another firefighter to safety after he fell into a six-foot-deep pit wearing 50 pounds of gear and became submerged in foam, water and crude oil.

“Captain David Rosa was a well-respected fire officer. He served as a mentor for many young adults, paramedics, and firefighters. He was dedicated to his faith, his family, and to his profession,” the Long Beach Fire Department said in a statement Thursday. “Captain Rosa’s tragic death has left us deeply grieved and saddened. This loss is profound and has been felt by all members of his fire family and the community he served with dedication and distinction. Our hearts, prayers, and condolences go out to his family and friends.”

Among speakers at the memorial will be Todd Rodarmel, pastor of Mountain View Church in San Juan Capistrano, the city where the Rosas family lives. The Rosas began attending the Christian church three or four years ago, Rodarmel said, and their families became tight.

Sam got the news about his father shortly after leaving for a trip to Shasta Lake with a youth group from the church, Rodarmel said. Firefighters pulled their van over to bring him to the hospital.

“Everybody’s been very broken about it,” Rodarmel said. “He was that kind of guy that all the kids loved.”

Later, firefighters paid for some of Sam’s closest friends to fly down and be with him, Rodarmel said.

Rosa would often invite Rodarmel’s son, Luke, over for activities with Sam. He taught the boys how to fix cars and build a skateboard ramp. Despite the demanding hours of his profession, Rosa found time to volunteer at Mountain View Church as well as San Juan Capistrano Little League.

“While he was often quiet and in groups, he was very warm and personal and he loved people,” Rodarmel said. “He loved taking care of the kids.”

He has been in touch with the family in recent days.

“It’s a devastating loss and it’s rather overwhelming with all of the decisions to be made and the phone calls, but they’ve got some good support around them,” Rodarmel said.

Close friend Jonathan Wood met the Rosas through Bible study three years ago and hit it off immediately,

Wood was at his desk at work Monday when his wife called and said Rosa was one of two firefighters shot in Long Beach that morning. When he read online later that Rosa had died, he wanted to believe it was a mistake.

“It’s still hard to imagine that he’s not just going to walk in the door,” Wood said. “We had dinner Thursday night and we were supposed to have dinner tomorrow night.”

Wood recalled Rosa as kindhearted, always calm and reasonable, and willing to pick up slack without complaining. He loved to swim and had recently begun umpiring junior varsity baseball games.

“He had a neat quality that made him a natural fit for a first-responder,” Wood said. “I would call him a servant leader. Think of what person you would want to help you on your worst day. He was that guy.”

Rosa was a “handyman beyond handymen” who loved home improvement projects and restoring cars, Wood said. He had been working on an old truck that he planned to give Sam.

When Rosa took on a new role leading cadet training a few years ago, he felt a great level of personal responsibility to prepare them, Wood said.

His wife, Amanda, has been comforting Lynley in recent days. The men’s and women’s Bible study groups met earlier this week to pray for the family.

“These things happen because we live in a fallen and broken world,” Wood said. “Sometimes we do sin to other people, sometimes others do sin to us, and sometimes sin happens accidentally. David got in the middle of a sin accidentally.”