Lieutenant Vincent Halloran
Ladder 8

Memorial Service
was held on November 9, 2001

5 Children, No Problem A lot of firefighters have second jobs.

Vincent Halloran had a nonpaying but extraordinarily rewarding second job in his children. He and his wife, Marie, had five of them (she is expecting a sixth on May 17, their wedding anniversary). Around the firehouse, some of his colleagues would say, "I can hardly handle my two kids. How do you do it with five?" He would just laugh. He did just fine with five. He had a cool demeanor that left him unruffled if one of the kids was crying while another was running his toy truck over his foot and one of the others had to eat, and eat immediately.

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