United States Fire Administration
20 August 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Fire Police Captain Ed Margavich, 80, of the Third District Volunteer Fire Company on 15 August 2025.
On August 8, 2025, Fire Police Captain Ed Margavich responded with the Third District Volunteer Fire Company to a vehicle fire that spread to a house. After directing traffic at the scene for a while, Fire Police Captain Margavich was walking to a nearby fire station to get additional equipment when he fell and broke his femur. He was transferred to a trauma center and underwent emergency surgery. Due to complications related to the injury, however, Fire Police Captain Maravich passed away on August 15, 2025.
Age: 80
Rank: Fire Police Captain
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: Aug. 8, 2025 5:14 AM
Date of death: Aug. 15, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Fall
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Scene Safety
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Fire
Fixed property use: Street/Road
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 is currently 52.
Go here to read the number of interior line of duty deaths for 2025.
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
For more information about on-duty deaths as recorded by the United States Fire Administration go to “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States.”
Photo courtesy of Third District Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook.
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