Why they didn't make them personal issue in the first place I'll never know. Then you can keep track of who loses theirs. But I can see why people might want to keep one - after all the HPC doesn't like it if you don't have one, and to get one restocked onto an ambulance takes too long - and that's if there is any in stock in the first place. Besides - I've never lost one, so why can't I moan that it seems impossible for the service to properly kit a vehicle? (This shift? Sat on station for over four hours because we didn't have an ambulance alongside another crew for the same duration and for the same reason. Why no 13:00 start vehicle? Because Make ready took *our* 13:00 start to give to a 13:00 start on another station. This is why it's easier for me not to give a damn, hold my hands up and say 'at least it's not my fault')