A firefighter fell through the floor at the station in June, underscoring the need for new facilities.
His left leg punctured the water-damaged wood as the rest of his body remained above the linoleum tile, tearing his Achilles’ tendon and leaving him hospitalized for a day this past June.
“Clearly when you have firefighters falling through the floor of the firehouse, you have a problem,” said Edward Kelly, general president of the International Association of Firefighters, who joined the lawmakers at the news conference.The original firehouse was built in the 1940s, servicing the installation and surrounding Montgomery County neighborhoods, and caught fire in 2019. But even before then, it had been under scrutiny for poor conditions.
The conditions are part of a pattern of problems with the living situation at the installation that have persisted for years. Earlier this year, service members living at base barracks at NSA Bethesda, which is home to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,ranging from no hot water to broken air conditioning. Two buildings underwent major repairs, and one of those buildings is set to reopen soon after residents were relocated, a spokesman said Monday.
A spokesman for the naval installation, Jeremy Brooks, said the floor collapse was caused by a water intrusion issue, and that the flooring has since been repaired. Van Hollen said that same water issue has caused mold and mosquito problems indoors.
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