Local Fire Dept. and Kennedy Krieger Institute, a Perfect Match

Justin Etherton, left, and
T. Cosgrove Jones of the
Rockville Volunteer Fire
Department firehouse.

When Mark Trexler, educational coordinator at Kennedy Krieger Institute, contacted the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department about sending some students with special needs to the station to complete a few helpful tasks, he reached the right person. T. Cosgrove Jones, president of the fire department, has a son with Down syndrome.

“They hit the right guy to come here and do this,” Jones said. “I know what these kids need.”