United States Fire Administration
2 September 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Assistant Chief Mack G. Mays Jr., 47, of the Monelison Volunteer Fire Department on 10 July 2025.
On July 9, 2025, Assistant Chief Mack G. Mays Jr. responded to a false alarm at a commercial building. After returning home, he began experiencing chest pain and was found collapsed inside his house the following day, within 24 hours of responding to the alarm. Assistant Chief Mays was pronounced deceased due to a cardiovascular event.
Age: 47
Rank: Assistant Chief
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: July 9, 2025 4:30 PM
Date of death: July 10, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Cardiovascular Event/Heart Attack
Activity type: Other
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Non-Fire
Fixed property use: Industry
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 is currently 57.
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 Dignity Memorial.
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