Personal bags

[mcfd45]

I searched and came up with nothing. The question I have is, does anybody carry a bag with them on the engine, truck, or ambulance with stuff that they find useful, not a response bag but a bag for long operations?
I will start ems in 5 months (i hope) and was trying to put a bag together.
the list of things I thought of included:
Couple pair of socks
gloves
hat
change of clothes
nonperishable food
protein bar
bottles of h2o
magazine
paper/pen
map of district
extra glasses/contacts
planner
cards
cell phone

Anything that I should have or that I do have and shouldn't.
any help would be useful

[mcfd45]

Wow 48 views and no replies.
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[231Engine]

You're pretty much right on. Especially the change of clothes part. Also consider a medium size micro fiber type towel as well as a compact rain jacket.

[the1141man]

You're pretty much right on. Especially the change of clothes part. Also consider a medium size micro fiber type towel as well as a compact rain jacket.

Yep...pretty much set. I'd recommend a couple of those $2 emergency ponchos from K-Mart/Wal-Mart or whatever passes for that in your area...very useful for a bunch of diff things.