The Early Days
The Department was founded in April of 1924. Volunteers had to depend on funds they could raise from minstrel shows, bingo, whist and other such activities to pay for the necessary equipment. Much like what is still done today. The first piece of apparatus for Greenwood was a Ford chasis with a truck body. In 1924, the company purchased an American LaFrance pumper. In 1930 an 1824 Hunneman hand-tub pumper , the "Tuscatucket", was purchased from the Leviton Co.. A Mack pumper truck was added in 1934. In 1940 the company purchased a new Mack pumper truck (Engine 5), which served the Company and the City of Warwick for over 30 years. A Diamond T-Farrar combination volume and high pressure pumper was added in 1954.

In the 1970's many of the volunteer fire companies, in Warwick, were disbanding. Many of those departments found Greenwood a safe place to bring memorabilia and artifacts. Eugene Morse was one of the first members to realize that Greenwood should establish itself as a museum. Work in the museum did not actually start until 1984, when Greenwood had recieved Engine 5 (1940 Mack Pumper from the City of Warwick and restored it. Greenwood still has the 1824 Hand-Tub Pumper an antique Hose Reel and a 1954 Maxim Pumper Truck once owned by the Norwood Volunteer Fire Department of Warwick.