Dale City Volunteer Fire Department Mourns the Loss of Assistant Chief Carl Persing
Rest In Peace: May 6, 1957 - June 21, 2010

Dale City, Virginia – It is with deep regret and sorrow that the Dale City Volunteer Fire Department announces the death of Assistant Chief Carl Persing. Chief Persing joined the Dale City Volunteer Fire Department in 2001 and was the Chief of Battalion 5. He is survived by his parents, brother, sister, children Nicholas and Megan, and his Fire Department family.

Carl retired from the City of Manassas Fire and Rescue Department in 2007. He also served with distinction with the Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, the Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Department, the Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer Fire Department, the Fort Belvoir Fire Department, the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire Department, the Silver Hill Volunteer Fire Department, and the United States Army.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

The Dale City Volunteer Fire Department Public Information Officer is Assistant Chief Steve Chappell. He can be reached at 571-221-7706 or schappell@dcvfd.org.