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Summit to Sound Search and Rescue Equipment Requirements
 Base camp pack or duffel requirements:

• Back-up bulb for flashlight or headlamp
• Dry clothes
• Felt-tipped pen
• First Aid kit
• Flagging tape
• Flashlight or headlamp
• Food
• Leather and latex gloves
• Paper Pen or pencil
• Raingear
• Set of batteries for light or lamp
• Water Whistle
• Personal Flotation Device (PFD)

 Twenty-Four hour pack recommendations:

• Compass
• Emergency kit containing safety pins, razor blade, 2 garbage bags, sun glasses and a space blanket
• Extra batteries and bulb for light or lamp
• Extra shirt or sweater in waterproof bag
• Fires starter and waterproof matches
• First Aid kit containing
• Band-Aids. adhesive tape, roller bandage, 3x3 compresses, 4" bandage, first aid cream, aspirin, 2' roller bandage, a triangular bandage, latex & leather gloves and other personal protective equipment
• Flashlight or headlamp
• Food for 24 hours
• Flagging tape
• Nylon line (20' minimum)
• Paper Pencils
• Personal Flotation Device (PFD)
• Pocket knife or utility tool Protractor ruler
• Raingear Stocking cap (must retain heat when wet)
• Toilet paper in plastic
• Water and container
• Whatcom County map Whistle

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Forty-Eight hour pack recommendations:

• Closed cell foam sleeping pad
• Extra clothing (socks and underclothing which retain heat when wet) in plastic
• Food for three meals (may be heated to conserve body heat)
• Gloves of three types: latex or Nitrile-latex, polyester or wool, leather Gloves of three types: protective barrier, insulating, protecting
• Ground cloth
• Hat that can cover the ears and retain heat when wet
• Jackets/parkas long enough to preserve heat and are water-repellent Leather boots (waterproofed) which cover the ankle and have lugged soles Mess kit of spoon, metal cup and pan are minimum
• Multiple shirts which retain heat when wet to layer according to need Personal Flotation Device (PFD) Polyester sleeping bag
• Raingear
• Stove and fuel should be considered
• Wool, fleece or minimum 60% polyester pants 

 Specialty Team Additional Equipment
 
ATV
 
K-9 
One days' supply of food  One days' supply of meds if needed  Spare lead  Poop bags for cleaning up  Insulated sleeping/resting pad for your dog for winter use
Ground
Equine
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