TREVORTON - A New York City firefighter who doubles as a Nashville recording artist will be in Trevorton Saturday for a benefit concert.
Singer-songwriter Paul Cummings, creator of "The Firefighter Song," will perform beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Trevorton Elementary School auditorium.
All proceeds from the event benefit Trevorton Fire Company, said secretary Donna Reed.
"We are a self-sufficient company and most of the money that we use for maintenance, paying our bills, everything, is raised through donations and fundraisers," she said.
Cummings, a native of Honeoye, N.Y. began playing music in high school and fighting fires around the same time. He gained notoriety with the writing and recording of "The Firefighter Song," a tribute to those who lost their lives in the call of duty. He is donating his time for the concert.
Some of the lyrics of the song are:
"He didn't want any money, for the things he trained to do.
He helped the ones in need, and he saw the whole job through.
Well aware of the costs, that it takes to save a life.
But that didn't matter, when the family was inside.
We all need to sing, that Firefighter's Song."
Tickets are $15 in advance or $25 per couple with children under 5 free. The cost will be $20 at the door, with no couple purchase reduction.
The show begins at 6:15 p.m. with country band East Coast Sunset.
Tickets are available by calling Lori Mulberger at 850-5443 or Reed at 797-3375.
One way the fire company will benefit from the concert is to help pay for the maintenance of a fire truck from Garrison Beach, N.Y., recently donated to the organization. The 1993 model was originally used by the Bethel Park Fire Department, said Trevorton chief Ed Reed. When that Pennsylvania company got a new truck, it donated the old one to the Garrison Beach after its truck was flooded by SuperStorm Sandy in 2012.
Bethel Park signed the title over with the provision that the truck must stay in fire service no matter the owner.
"After Garrison Beach got their truck back, a couple of our firefighters were volunteering down there with cleanup. They talked, and here we are with the truck," Ed Reed said.
The new truck will increase pumping output from 1250 to 2000 gallons per minute and can carry five crew members.
"The truck is right now being serviced and certified," Reed said. "After that, we will have our decals on it and she will be ready to go."