Headslap - I keep forgetting piddlepacks. I REALLY need to add some piddle packs (Thank you - you just made the thread worthwhile)

As for "real" deployments - just the blackout, and a "partial" activation of a barge fire (got called off at the last minute). A bunch of practice things

Quite a few of the guys I 'work' with did the WTC on 9/11 and the weeks active. I got my license a bit late for that

Spare socks, and underware stay in my EDC bag in case I get stuck at work (I carry a 45 lb bag to/from work every day!) Look at for my bag The BIG question is what I forgot! Not so much in the EDC bag - that has proved itself fairly well. What I worry about is the "rest" of the stuff that gets loaded in the truck as needed. One big problem is that like MOST folks in NYC, I take mass transit to work, so I'm stuck with ONLY the EDC until I get to the truck

I store a LOT of stuff in 5 gal pails for the truck. If I'm in the truck I can use one of the pails as a toilet (Key a roll of paper in there <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ) I remembered flares after the blackout, and I was given a couple by a friendly emergency worker (They got "left" in the truck) After working in the city streets in the dark, with traffic, I now KNOW why policemen and firemen are paranoid about safety on the road (keep a parked vehicle between your work area and traffic)

The thing is, unless you are always thinking about it, you tend to "forget" things. On a training exercise last weekend, I forgot my rain gear! Of course, it rained <img src="images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

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