Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 Inc., Station 78
EMS
For several years after the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company (GVFC) was organized & providing fire protection in our community. Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Company (BVFC) was responsible for providing our community with an ambulance service.
Presently, the GVFC has 1 full time employee, 32 part time employees, & 3 volunteers that proctect the community 24/7. The personel are comprised of Emergency Medcial Responders, Driver only, as well as Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Techincians.
In 1980, several members of our company enrolled in the Ambulance Attendant Certification courses that were provided by the Delaware State Fire School. After refurbishing an old Dodge resdue truck, these individuals began to run medical assist with BVFC (Station 72) on all emergency medical calls within Greenwood.
Our first ambulance was purchased & put into service in 1981. At the time, there approxiamately twenty certified ambulance attendants providing emergency medical services to community. Mr. Donald Donovan Sr. was the first ambulance captain & held this rank for several years.
