Still More Really Important Stuff
lPersonal Medications
•Your favorite pain reliever (aspirin/NSAID)
•“Sucky things” (to keep your throat moist)
•Allergy medicine (if you need it)
•Other meds you feel you need (Pepto, sunscreen, lip balm, etc)
lAppropriate Clothing and Footwear
•Including a hat
lFood and Water
•“Sucky things” This doesn’t mean just throat lozenges.  Most of the time this is a roll of life savors or other hard candy.  Sucking medicated lozenges all day will get old really fast, even if you have a sore throat.
•Some of us need a small pharmacy to operate in the field, while others don’t know what a pain reliever looks like.  What you carry is up to you and what your needs are.  If you are on maintenance medicine, make sure to include it and rotate your stocks regularly.

•Appropriate clothing will depend on the season.  Don’t wear shorts in January and carry a rain coat in the spring and summer.  Dress in layers as the weather dictates. Don’t forget a hat!
•Appropriate footwear will also depend. In general, you don’t want to be breaking in new footgear on a call-out.
•Food and water means enough water for your needs for the length of the operation. Hydration systems are great.  You might want to keep an empty water bottle in your car and fill it from the litre or larger water bottles as needed.  Keep non-salty snacks in your bag (gorp, fruit snacks, Power Bars etc).
•You want a bag that can take the load and won’t “leak” stuff all over the place.  Ideally it should have some method to insure closure (zippers) and should be made of fabric.