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During the [[Cold War]], Greene worked to establish emergency management and authorized large-scale disaster drills. Sandy Davis, a retired department official who was Greene's chauffeur in the former chief's last years, called his mentor "a man with a servant's heart who did things for our city not only as a fire chief, but as a citizen. ... I know it sounds cliché, but a man like him only comes around once in a lifetime."<ref name=death/>
During the [[Cold War]], Greene worked to establish emergency management and authorized large-scale disaster drills. Sandy Davis, a retired department official who was Greene's chauffeur in the former chief's last years, called his mentor "a man with a servant's heart who did things for our city not only as a fire chief, but as a citizen. ... I know it sounds cliché, but a man like him only comes around once in a lifetime."<ref name=death/>
Greene died in Shreveport at the age of eighty-eight and was survived by his widow, the former Alice Elizabeth Whittington (July 24, 1923 – December 2, 2017), a Shreveport native who worked for various attorneys and title companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=alice-elizabeth-whittington-greene&pid=187421654&fhid=6175|title=Alice Elizabeth Whittington Greene|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> Their daughter, Valerie Greene Rockett, predeceased him. His brother Bobby L. Greene (1926-2015) was a well-known Shreveport businessman who widely advertised his Bobby L. Greene Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. The Greenes' father was also a plumber.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=151843250|title=Bobby L. Greene|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 18, 2017}}</ref>
Greene died in Shreveport at the age of eighty-eight and was survived by his widow, the former Alice Elizabeth Whittington (July 24, 1923 – December 2, 2017), a Shreveport native who worked for various attorneys and title companies. Mrs. Greene was known as the "First Lady" of the Shreveport Fire Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=alice-elizabeth-whittington-greene&pid=187421654&fhid=6175|title=Alice Elizabeth Whittington Greene|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> Their daughter, Valerie Greene Rockett, predeceased him. His brother Bobby L. Greene (1926-2015) was a well-known Shreveport businessman who widely advertised his Bobby L. Greene Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. The Greenes' father was also a plumber.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=151843250|title=Bobby L. Greene|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 18, 2017}}</ref>
In 2004, at the recommendation of then Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran and Mayor Keith Hightower, State Representative Cedric Glover sponsored a bill to name the central fire station the Dallas W. Greene Jr. Central Fire Station. The station was opened and dedicated in June 2004.<ref name=findagrave/>
In 2004, at the recommendation of then Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran and Mayor Keith Hightower, State Representative Cedric Glover sponsored a bill to name the central fire station the Dallas W. Greene Jr. Central Fire Station. The station was opened and dedicated in June 2004.<ref name=findagrave/>