First responders are encouraging the public to line the streets this afternoon for the funeral of Appleton firefighter Mitchell Lundgaard. The 14-year veteran of the Appleton Fire Department was fatally shot Wednesday while responding to a medical emergency at the downtown Valley Transit Center. He has since been posthumously promoted to driver/engineer. A procession of Appleton emergency services personnel will begin at 1 p.m. at the Brettschneider-Trettin-Nickel Funeral Chapel, 606 N. Oneida Street in Appleton. It will end at Appleton Alliance Church, 2693 West Grand Chute Blvd. in Grand Chute. The route is as follows: Atlantic Street - Drew Street - Wisconsin Avenue - Mason Street - Capitol Drive - Lynndale Drive - Grand Chute Blvd. Visitation begins at 3 p.m. at Appleton Alliance Church and concludes at 5:30 p.m. Funeral services at 6 p.m. are not open to the public.